Bidprentjesverzameling Stichting De Oude Schoenendoos » Johannes Franciscus Rongen (1931-2006)

Day of marriage July 11, 1953

• The temperature on July 11, 1953 was between 9.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • March 1 » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
  • May 25 » Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
  • June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
  • August 12 » The first testing of a real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.
  • October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
  • December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.

Day of death January 8, 2006

• The temperature on January 8, 2006 was between -0.4 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.
  • March 11 » Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
  • May 12 » Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country.
  • July 17 » The 7.7 M_w  Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
  • July 30 » The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
  • November 19 » Nintendo's first video game console with motion control, the Wii, is released.

Day of cremation January 12, 2006

• The temperature on January 12, 2006 was between -0.8 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2006: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 12 » A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
  • February 6 » Stephen Harper becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
  • February 16 » The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
  • July 15 » Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
  • August 14 » Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.
  • November 19 » Nintendo's first video game console with motion control, the Wii, is released.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish broadcaster and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics (b. 1943)
• 2007 » Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1916)
• 2007 » David Ervine, Northern Irish politician and activist (b. 1953)
• 2007 » Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (b. 1908)
• 2007 » Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1922)