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Personal data Wilhelmus Roovers
- He was born on September 16, 1887 in Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- Profession: Landbouwer.
- Resident: Snijders B 59, Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.
- He died on December 20, 1971 in Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 84 years old.Source 1
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- Death registration on December 20, 1971.Source 1
- A child of Antonius Roovers and Adriana Maria Boomaars
- This information was last updated on June 26, 2022.
Household of Wilhelmus Roovers
He is married to Joanna Maria Verschueren.
They got married on November 21, 1917 at Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Adriana Maria Roovers 1921-2013
- Simon Jozef Roovers 1923-1997
- Johannes Petrus Roovers 1925-1928
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Birthday September 16, 1887
- The temperature on September 16, 1887 was about 11.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
- April 10 » On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
- June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
- June 18 » The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
- November 13 » Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Day of marriage November 21, 1917
- The temperature on November 21, 1917 was between 6.1 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 13.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
- April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
- November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
- November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
- December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
Day of death December 20, 1971
- The temperature on December 20, 1971 was between 6.7 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. 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)
- 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 Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
- February 2 » The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
- May 19 » Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
- September 28 » The Parliament of the UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
- November 15 » Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
- November 24 » During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
- December 16 » Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.
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