Broersma Family Tree » James Vogel Jr (1935-1988)

Day of marriage December 29, 1954

• The temperature on December 29, 1954 was between 7.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
  • April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
  • June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
  • August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
  • September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
  • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.

Day of death August 31, 1988

• The temperature on August 31, 1988 was between 11.3 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
  • February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
  • February 29 » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
  • August 8 » The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
  • October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
  • December 7 » The 6.8 M_s  Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1986 » Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
• 1991 » Cliff Lumsdon, Canadian swimmer and coach (b. 1931)