Database Langton / Lengton / Lington - Heil - Rahder » Maria Louise Josephine "Fien" Holdert (1924-1999)

Day of marriage May 26, 1948

• The temperature on May 26, 1948 was between 8.7 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • April 9 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
  • May 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
  • May 30 » A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
  • July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
  • August 15 » The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north.
  • September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.

Day of death June 21, 1999

• The temperature on June 21, 1999 was between 7.3 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • May 7 » Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
  • May 29 » Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
  • July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
  • October 12 » Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
  • October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
  • November 30 » In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1931)
• 1998 » Al Campanis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
• 1998 » Anastasio Ballestrero, Italian cardinal (b. 1913)
• 1998 » Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Kami, Japanese drummer (b. 1973)
• 2000 » Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer (b. 1911)