Database Van Broekhoven » Carolus Meinardus de Klerk (1920-1996)

Day of marriage May 16, 1950

• The temperature on May 16, 1950 was between 7.0 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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)
• 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
  • June 28 » Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
  • July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
  • September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
  • October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
  • November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.

Day of death August 30, 1996

• The temperature on August 30, 1996 was between 13.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • May 11 » After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.
  • June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
  • June 25 » The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
  • August 6 » The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA.
  • September 4 » War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
  • November 23 » Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Richard Jordan, American actor (b. 1938)
• 1994 » Lindsay Anderson, English director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 1995 » Fischer Black, American economist and academic (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Sterling Morrison, American guitarist and singer (b. 1942)
• 1996 » Christine Pascal, French actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1953)
• 1999 » Reindert Brasser, Dutch discus thrower (b. 1912)