Zijper families » Gretha Snip (1931-1998)

Day of marriage September 1, 1950

• The temperature on September 1, 1950 was between 10.2 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
  • January 13 » Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
  • January 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
  • May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
  • October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
  • December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Day of death May 1, 1998

• The temperature on May 1, 1998 was between 8.9 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavor launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
  • February 16 » China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
  • March 24 » Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
  • June 4 » Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
  • August 7 » Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
  • October 29 » The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200.

Day of burial May 5, 1998

• The temperature on May 5, 1998 was between 7.0 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Following a currency reform, Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.
  • January 26 » Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
  • February 28 » First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
  • July 4 » Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
  • October 14 » Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • October 16 » Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1960)
• 1995 » Antonio Salemme, Italian-American painter (b. 1892)
• 1997 » Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1927)
• 1998 » Eldridge Cleaver, American author and activist (b. 1935)
• 2000 » Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)
• 2002 » Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, Indian poet and author (b. 1908)