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Personal data Wilhelmus Johannes Maria "Wim" Roovers
- Nickname is Wim.
- He was born on May 6, 1919 in Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland.
- He died on April 13, 2003 in Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland, he was 83 years old.
De uitvaartdienst heeft plaatsgevonden op woensdag 16 april om 14,15 uur in de parochiekerk St. Joseph te Arnhem. daarna volgde om 16.00 uur de begrafenis op het RK gedeelte van de begraafplaats Moscowa te Arnhem.
- He is buried on April 16, 2003 in Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland.
- A child of Johannes Franciscus Roovers and Petronella van Lierop
Household of Wilhelmus Johannes Maria "Wim" Roovers
He is married to Johanna Bernardina Kok.
They got married about 1945.
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Historical events
Birthday May 6, 1919
- The temperature on May 6, 1919 was between 6.4 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
- January 5 » The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich.
- April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
- May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
- June 2 » Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
- October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
- November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
Day of death April 13, 2003
- The temperature on April 13, 2003 was between -0.8 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
- March 12 » Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
- April 16 » The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
- May 21 » The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands.
- August 5 » A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
- October 18 » Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
- December 25 » UTAGE Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.
Day of burial April 16, 2003
- The temperature on April 16, 2003 was between 8.4 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
- February 4 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
- February 10 » France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
- May 30 » Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
- July 13 » French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.
- November 14 » Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
- December 23 » PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
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