Family tree Van Wely » Karel Hendrik van Wely (1903-1990)

Christening day October 18, 1903

• The temperature on October 18, 1903 was between 5.4 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (28%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
  • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
  • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
  • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
  • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
  • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.

Day of marriage June 15, 1933

• The temperature on June 15, 1933 was between 11.9 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
  • February 28 » Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
  • May 15 » All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
  • July 6 » The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
  • August 1 » Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
  • September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.

Day of death September 30, 1990

• The temperature on September 30, 1990 was between 12.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (14%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • January 4 » In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
  • January 18 » Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
  • June 2 » The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
  • June 10 » British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
  • August 12 » Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
  • November 15 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38.

Day of cremation October 4, 1990

• The temperature on October 4, 1990 was between 8.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly 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 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.
  • February 12 » Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
  • March 11 » Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
  • March 18 » Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
  • March 31 » Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
  • May 30 » Croatian Parliament is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the National Day of Croatia.
  • August 8 » Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Al Holbert, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1989 » Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 1990 » Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 1990 » Rob Moroso, American race car driver (b. 1968)
• 1991 » Toma Zdravković, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)