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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wilhelmus Johannes Roovers

Willem Roovers
1861-1932
Maria Buermans
1864-1949

Wilhelmus Johannes Roovers
1926-1980


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Birthday September 30, 1926

  • The temperature on September 30, 1926 was between 3.5 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
    • May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
    • June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
    • August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
    • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
    • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime

Day of death April 18, 1980

  • The temperature on April 18, 1980 was between 3.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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)
  • 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, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Egypt–Israel relations are formally established.
    • March 24 » El Salvadorian Archbishop Óscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
    • July 7 » Institution of sharia law in Iran.
    • November 23 » The 6.9 Mw  Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934.
    • December 11 » The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
    • December 24 » Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".


Same birth/death day

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  • 1924 » Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter († 1984)
  • 1925 » Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and educator († 1998)
  • 1926 » Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach († 2012)
  • 1926 » Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster († 2010)
  • 1927 » W. S. Merwin, American poet and translator († 2019)
  • 1928 » Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2016)

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