Family tree Vroon » Metje de Jong (1897-1995)

Day of marriage January 20, 1921

• The temperature on January 20, 1921 was between 1.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
  • July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
  • September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
  • November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
  • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

Day of death March 23, 1995

• The temperature on March 23, 1995 was between -1.3 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (85%). 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.
  • January 1 » The World Trade Organization comes into being.
  • March 25 » WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
  • July 9 » The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
  • August 20 » The Firozabad rail disaster claimed 358 lives in Firozabad, India.
  • September 28 » Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.
  • October 15 » Marco Campos dies in a race at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, the only driver ever killed in the International Formula 3000 series.

Day of cremation March 28, 1995

• The temperature on March 28, 1995 was between -1.6 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. The heavily clouded 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.
  • February 17 » The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
  • February 26 » The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
  • June 26 » Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.
  • November 12 » Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence was reached.
  • November 30 » U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favour of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls terrorists "yesterday's men".
  • December 10 » The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian and author (b. 1899)
• 1992 » Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-German economist, philosopher, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1992 » Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1949)
• 1994 » Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (b. 1921)
• 1994 » Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican economist and politician (b. 1950)
• 1995 » Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1956)