Family tree Ro(o)vers » Cornelis "Nelis" Rovers (1907-1991)

Day of marriage April 24, 1945

• The temperature on April 24, 1945 was between 2.7 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 3 » World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
  • January 18 » World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.
  • April 6 » World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from German and Croatian forces by the Yugoslav Partisans.
  • April 25 » The last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland.
  • May 4 » World War II: Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg is liberated by the British Army.
  • May 9 » World War II: The final German Instrument of Surrender is signed at the Soviet headquarters in Berlin-Karlshorst.

Day of death February 9, 1991

• The temperature on February 9, 1991 was between -12.5 °C and -3.3 °C and averaged -7.3 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • January 17 » Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
  • February 18 » The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
  • February 27 » Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
  • August 8 » The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
  • August 20 » Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.
  • November 7 » Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.

Day of burial February 14, 1991

• The temperature on February 14, 1991 was between -11.1 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • May 26 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
  • June 17 » Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
  • August 21 » Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
  • September 6 » The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
  • September 29 » A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
  • November 18 » Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1989 » Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
• 1994 » Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)
• 1995 » David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1995 » J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
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