Database Van Broekhoven » Josephus Adrianus Christianus Vermeer (1926-2001)

Day of marriage June 15, 1954

• The temperature on June 15, 1954 was between 2.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
  • April 8 » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
  • April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
  • June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
  • July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
  • September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.

Day of death July 4, 2001

• The temperature on July 4, 2001 was between 14.6 °C and 29.0 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 15.5 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
  • May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
  • July 21 » At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
  • September 10 » Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
  • October 19 » SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
  • December 12 » Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Leo Garel, American illustrator and educator (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1919)
• 2002 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general (b. 1912)
• 2002 » Gerald Bales, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1919)
• 2003 » André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)
• 2003 » Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (b. 1939)