Bastinck Family Tree » Henry Stanley Zablocki (1923-2009)

Day of marriage April 21, 1951

• The temperature on April 21, 1951 was between 1.9 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
  • February 7 » Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
  • April 29 » Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
  • June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
  • July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
  • October 15 » Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.

Day of death May 22, 2009

• The temperature on May 22, 2009 was between 6.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • March 23 » FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.
  • April 3 » Jiverly Antares Wong opens fire at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, killing thirteen and wounding four before committing suicide.
  • April 5 » North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
  • June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
  • August 26 » Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.
  • November 21 » A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1970)
• 2008 » Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (b. 1946)
• 2010 » Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (b. 1914)
• 2011 » Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 1938)
• 2012 » Muzafar Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1970)