Family tree Van 't Hoff - Zondag - Bosch - de Zwaan - vd Kolk - Westhuis - Plomp » Gerrit de Zwaan (1904-1995)

Day of marriage April 22, 1938

• The temperature on April 22, 1938 was between 0.2 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The March of Dimes is established as a foundation to combat infant polio by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
  • July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
  • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
  • December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

Day of death January 10, 1995

• The temperature on January 10, 1995 was between 2.1 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • March 2 » Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
  • September 22 » The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.
  • October 9 » An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
  • October 26 » An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, 20 of whom died.
  • October 28 » The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
  • December 20 » American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50km north of Cali, Colombia killing 159.

Day of burial January 14, 1995

• The temperature on January 14, 1995 was between 4.3 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • August 5 » Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
  • September 6 » Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
  • October 16 » The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attended.
  • October 27 » Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.
  • November 14 » A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
  • November 30 » Official end of Operation Desert Storm.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1992 » Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1995 » Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 1997 » Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1997 » Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1997 » Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1999 » Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921)