Database Van Broekhoven » Maria Elisabeth "Mieke" van de Wiel (1907-1983)

Day of marriage April 26, 1948

• The temperature on April 26, 1948 was between 4.0 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1 » Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
  • April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
  • June 7 » Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.
  • July 26 » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
  • September 22 » Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
  • December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

Day of death January 10, 1983

• The temperature on January 10, 1983 was between 2.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 12 » One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
  • April 22 » The German magazine Stern claims the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
  • May 26 » The 7.8 M_w  Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
  • June 18 » Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.
  • September 26 » Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
  • November 2 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
• 1980 » George Meany, American plumber and trade union leader (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Hughie Critz, American baseball player and scout (b. 1900)
• 1981 » Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)
• 1984 » Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
• 1986 » Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)