Database Van Broekhoven » Cornelis Johannes Maria Uijens (1926-2012)

Day of marriage July 3, 1954

• The temperature on July 3, 1954 was between 8.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
  • June 27 » The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
  • July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
  • September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
  • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
  • November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.

Day of death May 30, 2012

• The temperature on May 30, 2012 was between 8.4 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• 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 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
  • February 23 » A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
  • August 5 » The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six victims; the perpetrator committed suicide after being wounded by police.
  • August 16 » South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
  • November 11 » A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
  • November 30 » An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2011 » Isikia Savua, Fijian police officer and diplomat (b. 1952)
• 2011 » Saleem Shahzad, Pakistani journalist (b. 1970)
• 2012 » Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 2012 » Gerhard Pohl, German economist and politician (b. 1937)
• 2012 » Jack Twyman, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
• 2012 » John Fox, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1957)