Family tree Weening » Harmen Grimmius (1911-1993)

Day of marriage June 19, 1957

• The temperature on June 19, 1957 was between 15.2 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
  • March 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
  • August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
  • September 4 » American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
  • September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
  • October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

Day of death February 10, 1993

• The temperature on February 10, 1993 was between 1.9 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
  • May 5 » Three eight-year-old boys are murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, Ultimately leading to the conviction of the West Memphis Three.
  • May 18 » Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.
  • August 7 » Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  • December 2 » Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.
  • December 30 » Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.

Day of burial February 15, 1993

• The temperature on February 15, 1993 was between -0.5 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
  • April 23 » Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
  • June 5 » Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
  • September 13 » Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
  • September 14 » Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.
  • November 17 » In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1992 » Alex Haley, American soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1929)
• 1995 » Paul Monette, American author, poet, and activist (b. 1945)
• 1997 » Brian Connolly, Scottish musician, lead singer The Sweet (b. 1945)
• 2000 » Jim Varney, American actor, comedian and writer (b. 1949)
• 2001 » Abraham Beame, American academic and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (b. 1906)