Family tree Ro(o)vers » Johannes Carolus Antonius Roovers (1926-1991)

Day of marriage February 15, 1949

• The temperature on February 15, 1949 was between 7.5 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
  • March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
  • April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
  • June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
  • October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.

Day of death November 2, 1991

• The temperature on November 2, 1991 was between 11.1 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • February 24 » Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
  • April 29 » A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.
  • June 20 » German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital Berlin.
  • August 29 » Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
  • October 7 » Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
  • October 18 » The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Eliot Porter, American photographer, chemist, and academic (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Irwin Allen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 1991 » Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1936)
• 1992 » Hal Roach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1892)
• 1992 » Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (b. 1930)
• 1994 » Martin Taras, American animator and director (b. 1914)