Family tree Van der Roest » Louis Willy van der Roest (1907-1990)

Day of marriage February 24, 1947

• The temperature on February 24, 1947 was between -12.5 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
  • April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
  • July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
  • August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
  • December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

Day of death October 3, 1990

• The temperature on October 3, 1990 was between 10.4 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • May 1 » The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church in the Philippines.
  • June 22 » Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
  • July 6 » The Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded.
  • July 30 » Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by IRA terrorists in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.
  • August 8 » Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
  • October 13 » Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1987 » Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947)
• 1988 » Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (b. 1915)
• 1990 » Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (b. 1914)
• 1990 » Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960)
• 1993 » Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940)