Database Schaap » Johannes Hoving (1923-2014)

Day of marriage December 14, 1949

• The temperature on December 14, 1949 was between -0.4 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
  • March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
  • April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
  • April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
  • August 31 » The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
  • October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.

Day of death December 16, 2014

• The temperature on December 16, 2014 was between 1.8 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • January 9 » An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.
  • April 15 » In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, at least 200 civilians were gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.
  • May 24 » At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.
  • September 18 » Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
  • October 14 » A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.
  • December 5 » Exploration Flight Test 1, the first flight test of Orion is launched.

Day of cremation December 24, 2014

• The temperature on December 24, 2014 was between 6.1 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • April 21 » The American city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River, beginning the ongoing Flint water crisis which has caused lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people, and 15 deaths from Legionnaires disease, ultimately leading to criminal indictments against 15 people, five of whom have been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
  • September 18 » Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
  • October 8 » Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.
  • December 5 » Exploration Flight Test 1, the first flight test of Orion is launched.
  • December 10 » Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein was killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2013 » Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 2014 » Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947)
• 2014 » Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955)
• 2015 » Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927)