Family tree Ro(o)vers » Cornelis Theodorus Jacobs (1912-1990)

Day of marriage January 3, 1940

• The temperature on January 3, 1940 was between -12.4 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -6.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • March 23 » The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
  • May 13 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
  • June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
  • June 17 » World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
  • August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
  • November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.

Day of death February 20, 1990

• The temperature on February 20, 1990 was between 11.8 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • March 27 » The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí.
  • August 28 » Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
  • September 12 » The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
  • November 13 » In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
  • November 22 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
  • December 1 » Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.

Day of burial February 24, 1990

• The temperature on February 24, 1990 was between 6.9 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
  • February 14 » The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.
  • March 2 » Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
  • March 10 » In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
  • August 23 » Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
  • September 29 » The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.

Source: Wikipedia

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