Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes van Alphen (1920-1998)

Day of marriage June 18, 1947

• The temperature on June 18, 1947 was between 12.1 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
  • February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
  • April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
  • July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
  • November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
  • November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.

Day of death November 30, 1998

• The temperature on November 30, 1998 was between -0.6 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • February 4 » The 5.9 M_w  Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
  • September 2 » The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
  • September 27 » The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
  • October 14 » Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • November 20 » A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
  • November 26 » The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (b. 1932)
• 1997 » Kathy Acker, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)
• 1998 » Janet Lewis, American novelist and poet (b. 1899)
• 1998 » Margaret Walker, American author and poet (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (b. 1915)