Arbre Chatelain » Jean SYLVESTRE (1927-2014)

Day of marriage February 13, 1953

• The temperature on February 13, 1953 was between -2.6 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
  • June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
  • July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
  • August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
  • September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
  • December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.

Day of death October 18, 2014

• The temperature on October 18, 2014 was between 12.8 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.
  • March 27 » Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
  • May 24 » At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.
  • August 9 » Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
  • November 12 » The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
  • December 31 » A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2013 » Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1929)
• 2014 » Edward Regan, American academic and politician (b. 1930)
• 2014 » Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (b. 1922)
• 2014 » Sidney Shapiro, American-Chinese author and translator (b. 1915)