Family tree Van de Streek » Grietje van Ginkel (1916-1983)

Day of marriage February 3, 1949

• The temperature on February 3, 1949 was between -8 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
  • March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
  • March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
  • August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
  • October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
  • November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

Day of death June 24, 1983

• The temperature on June 24, 1983 was between 15.1 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
  • June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
  • July 11 » A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
  • September 25 » Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
  • September 26 » Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
  • October 12 » Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1980 » V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)
• 1984 » Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1916)
• 1988 » Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (b. 1962)