Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmus Johannes Swanen (1918-1994)

Day of marriage June 12, 1947

• The temperature on June 12, 1947 was between 3.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 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.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
  • March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
  • March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
  • April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
  • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
  • July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.

Day of death April 27, 1994

• The temperature on April 27, 1994 was between 10.2 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • January 6 » American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships that they were both taking part in.
  • January 11 » The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
  • March 23 » Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, killing 75.
  • May 17 » Malawi holds its first multi-party elections.
  • October 29 » Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton.
  • December 11 » A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1992 » Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1927)
• 1992 » Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (b. 1908)
• 1995 » Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (b. 1911)
• 1995 » Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1921)
• 1996 » Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1996 » William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1920)