Database Van Broekhoven » Reinier Marinus de Vaan (1917-1985)

Day of marriage January 2, 1947

• The temperature on January 2, 1947 was between 0.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
  • July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
  • July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
  • October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
  • October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
  • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.

Day of death March 15, 1985

• The temperature on March 15, 1985 was between -1.7 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • March 4 » The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
  • March 20 » Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.
  • April 21 » The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.
  • April 23 » Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
  • October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
  • November 9 » Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Coloman Braun-Bogdan, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1983 » Rebecca West, English author and critic (b. 1892)
• 1985 » Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and author (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Alexandru Giugaru, Romanian actor (b. 1897)
• 1987 » Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1899)
• 1988 » Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1926)