Database Van Broekhoven » Menno Ketellapper (1934-1975)

Day of marriage May 17, 1960

• The temperature on May 17, 1960 was between 9.0 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
  • January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
  • April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
  • May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
  • October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
  • December 15 » King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.

Day of death June 15, 1975

• The temperature on June 15, 1975 was between 11.1 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 22.7 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • June 24 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing 113 of the 124 passengers on board, making it the deadliest U.S. plane crash at the time. This accident led to decades of research into downburst and microburst phenomena and their effects on aircraft.
  • July 15 » Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
  • September 16 » Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
  • September 27 » The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
  • September 30 » The AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. Eight years later, the first production model rolled out of the assembly line.
  • October 16 » The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1925)
• 1971 » Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Meredith Willson, American playwright, composer, and conductor (b. 1902)