Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Justinianus van Deursen (1930-2013)

Day of marriage October 12, 1962

• The temperature on October 12, 1962 was between 6.4 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The heavily clouded was. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
  • September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
  • September 13 » An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
  • September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
  • September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
  • December 2 » Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.

Day of death October 14, 2013

• The temperature on October 14, 2013 was between 8.9 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • January 10 » More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan.
  • April 29 » National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing seven people.
  • June 23 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
  • July 7 » A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people.
  • September 24 » A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
  • October 15 » The 7.2 M_w Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 die.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (b. 1954)
• 2013 » Frank Moore, American painter and poet (b. 1946)
• 2013 » Käty van der Mije-Nicolau, Romanian-Dutch chess player (b. 1940)
• 2013 » Kōichi Iijima, Japanese author and poet (b. 1930)
• 2013 » Max Cahner, German-Catalan historian and politician (b. 1936)
• 2013 » Wally Bell, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1965)