Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Henricus Antonius van Daesdonk (1924-1995)

Day of marriage March 10, 1949

• The temperature on March 10, 1949 was between 0.3 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
  • July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
  • November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
  • November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
  • December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.
  • December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.

Day of death April 20, 1995

• The temperature on April 20, 1995 was between -1.0 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre: In central Israel, near Netanya, two Gazans blow themselves up at a military transit point, killing 19 Israelis.
  • March 2 » Yahoo! is incorporated.
  • March 20 » The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people.
  • June 8 » Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
  • August 24 » Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
  • November 5 » André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 1992 » Benny Hill, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1992 » Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (b. 1922)
• 1993 » Cantinflas, Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1995 » Milovan Đilas, Yugoslav communist, politician, theorist and author (b. 1911)
• 1996 » Trần Văn Trà, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918)