Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Wilhelmus den Ridder (1919-1990)

Day of marriage July 12, 1948

• The temperature on July 12, 1948 was between 10.6 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • January 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
  • March 17 » Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
  • April 22 » Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
  • May 26 » The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
  • August 23 » World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
  • September 24 » The Honda Motor Company is founded.

Day of death September 30, 1990

• The temperature on September 30, 1990 was between 12.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (14%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 3 » United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
  • March 2 » Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
  • March 11 » Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
  • April 16 » "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
  • July 2 » In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca.
  • December 8 » Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Al Holbert, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1989 » Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 1990 » Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 1990 » Rob Moroso, American race car driver (b. 1968)
• 1991 » Toma Zdravković, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)