Family tree Weening » William Nienhuis (1914-1997)
Personal data William Nienhuis
- He was born on December 18, 1914 in USA.
- He died on April 17, 1997 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, he was 82 years old.
- A child of Willem Nienhuis and Aaltje Tornga
- This information was last updated on September 19, 2011.
Household of William Nienhuis
He is married to Mary Lou Jenkens.
They got married about 1940.
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Historical events
Birthday December 18, 1914
- The temperature on December 18, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
- January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
- February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
- May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
- November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
- December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of death April 17, 1997
- The temperature on April 17, 1997 was between 1.5 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1997: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
- February 7 » NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
- July 4 » NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
- August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
- August 7 » Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
- December 22 » Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
- December 22 » Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
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- 1997 » Chaim Herzog, Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (b. 1918)
- 1998 » Linda McCartney, American photographer, activist, and musician (b. 1941)
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