Family tree of Vreeswijk » Wijnand "Wijnand" van Vreeswijk (1918-2000)

Christening day December 15, 1918

• The temperature on December 15, 1918 was between 7.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
  • October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
  • November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.
  • November 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
  • November 23 » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • December 17 » Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Day of marriage August 13, 1942

• The temperature on August 13, 1942 was between 10.5 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
  • February 10 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies.
  • February 24 » An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
  • April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
  • April 23 » World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
  • July 16 » Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.

Day of death February 15, 2000

• The temperature on February 15, 2000 was between 4.3 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
  • April 5 » UEFA Cup semi-final violence: Four Galatasaray fans are arrested for the stabbings to death of two Leeds United fans.
  • September 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
  • October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
  • November 11 » Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
  • December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.

Day of cremation February 18, 2010

• The temperature on February 18, 2010 was between 1.0 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
  • April 10 » Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.
  • April 14 » Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
  • June 24 » Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
  • August 5 » The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300ft (700m) below the ground for 69 days.
  • August 6 » Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
• 1999 » Big L, American rapper (b. 1974)
• 1999 » Henry Way Kendall, American physicist and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
• 2000 » Angus MacLean, Canadian commander and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1914)
• 2002 » Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (b. 1914)
• 2002 » Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)