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Personal data Johannes Wilhelmus Josephus Melis
- He was born on March 2, 1917 in Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- Profession: Kommies der Belastingen.Source 1
- Resident: Deurne en Liessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.Source 1
- He died on November 27, 1970 in Venlo, Limburg, Nederland, he was 53 years old.
- A child of Adrianus Melis and Johanna Drijvers
- This information was last updated on February 8, 2024.
Household of Johannes Wilhelmus Josephus Melis
He is married to Martina Maria Roovers.
They got married on February 13, 1947 at Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 1
De afkondiging van het huwelijk vond plaats op 18 januari 1947 te Boxtele en te Deurne.
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Child(ren):
- Wilhelmina J.J.M. Melis 1949-2016
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Birthday March 2, 1917
- The temperature on March 2, 1917 was between -0.2 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
- September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
- November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
Day of marriage February 13, 1947
- The temperature on February 13, 1947 was between -7.8 °C and -3.7 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
- April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
- April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
- May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
- August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
- October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
Day of death November 27, 1970
- The temperature on November 27, 1970 was between 3.6 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
- April 8 » Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.
- May 1 » Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
- May 11 » The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250million in damage.
- September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.
- October 2 » An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
- December 15 » Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.
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