Family tree Klavers » Roelf Louwe Helmholt (1925-2014)

Day of marriage June 12, 1947

• The temperature on June 12, 1947 was between 3.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
  • February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
  • March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
  • May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
  • June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
  • November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.

Day of death April 30, 2014

• The temperature on April 30, 2014 was between 10.6 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • February 11 » A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
  • March 27 » Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
  • May 24 » At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.
  • July 17 » A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.
  • September 16 » The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
  • September 18 » Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1937)
• 2013 » Shirley Firth, Canadian skier (b. 1953)
• 2014 » Carl E. Moses, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
• 2014 » Ian Ross, Australian journalist (b. 1940)
• 2014 » Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (b. 1946)
• 2014 » Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (b. 1919)