Family tree of Vreeswijk » Jan Pieter "Piet" van Vreeswijk (1910-1999)

Christening day October 9, 1910

• The temperature on October 9, 1910 was between 8.4 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
  • August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
  • September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
  • October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
  • November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
  • November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.

Day of marriage January 24, 1940

• The temperature on January 24, 1940 was between -10.6 °C and -3.5 °C and averaged -7.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
  • March 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
  • May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
  • June 3 » Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
  • November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
  • November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

Day of death September 24, 1999

• The temperature on September 24, 1999 was between 13.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • May 28 » In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
  • July 1 » The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
  • July 16 » John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, died when the Piper Saratoga PA-32R aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
  • July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
  • October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
  • October 12 » Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.

Day of burial September 29, 1999

• The temperature on September 29, 1999 was between 13.8 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (34%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
  • January 22 » Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
  • March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
  • May 1 » SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon.
  • July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
  • August 31 » A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 1998 » Jeff Moss, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 2002 » Mike Webster, American football player (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (b. 1953)
• 2003 » Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2003 » Rosalie Allen, American singer and radio host (b. 1924)