Family tree Ro(o)vers » Johannes Marinus "Jan" Roovers (1931-1999)

Day of marriage November 18, 1958

• The temperature on November 18, 1958 was between 3.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
  • March 26 » The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
  • March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
  • April 5 » Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
  • May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
  • May 28 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.

Day of death November 4, 1999

• The temperature on November 4, 1999 was between 1.8 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
  • March 24 » Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
  • May 29 » Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
  • August 17 » The 7.6 M_w  İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
  • October 31 » EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
  • December 21 » The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.

Day of cremation November 8, 1999

• The temperature on November 8, 1999 was between 6.0 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
  • February 4 » Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
  • March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
  • March 24 » Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
  • August 7 » The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
  • August 15 » Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher and scholar (b. 1925)
• 1995 » Morrie Schwartz, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1916)
• 1995 » Paul Eddington, English actor (b. 1927)
• 1995 » Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 1997 » Richard Hooker, American novelist (b. 1924)
• 1999 » Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach (b. 1958)