Family tree Weening » Maria Adriana Postmus (1917-1999)

Day of marriage May 12, 1943

• The temperature on May 12, 1943 was between 9.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • April 13 » World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
  • June 4 » A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
  • October 17 » The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.
  • October 21 » World War II: The Provisional Government of Free India is formally established in Japanese-occupied Singapore.
  • November 29 » World War II: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.

Day of death July 11, 1999

• The temperature on July 11, 1999 was between 17.9 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 23.4 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • March 29 » A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
  • April 1 » Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
  • August 31 » The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
  • November 11 » The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
  • November 12 » The 7.2 M_w  Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.
  • December 2 » The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (b. 1943)
• 1999 » Helen Forrest, American singer (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Jan Sloot, Dutch computer scientist and electronics technician (b. 1945)
• 2000 » Pedro Mir, Dominican lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1913)
• 2000 » Robert Runcie, English archbishop (b. 1921)
• 2001 » Herman Brood, Dutch musician and painter (b. 1946)