Family tree Jacobs » Henricus Maria Joseph Hein Ragas (1907-1997)

Day of marriage July 2, 1968

• The temperature on July 2, 1968 was between 19.3 °C and 30.6 °C and averaged 24.4 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
  • March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
  • March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
  • April 20 » English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
  • April 23 » Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
  • October 1 » Guyana nationalizes the British Guiana Broadcasting Service, which would eventually become part of the National Communications Network, Guyana.

Day of death January 23, 1997

• The temperature on January 23, 1997 was between 1.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded 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 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.
  • March 26 » Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
  • April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
  • June 13 » A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
  • September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
  • October 4 » The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina
  • November 17 » In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1992 » Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1993 » Keith Laumer, American soldier, author, and diplomat (b. 1925)
• 1994 » Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 1994 » Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Jay Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded the Hyatt Corporation (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Joe D'Amato, Italian director and cinematographer (b. 1936)