Database Van Broekhoven » Clemens Fasel (1912-1999)

Day of marriage August 1, 1938

• The temperature on August 1, 1938 was between 16.5 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
  • June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
  • July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
  • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
  • November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
  • December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

Day of death October 9, 1999

• The temperature on October 9, 1999 was between 13.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
  • May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
  • May 6 » The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
  • July 23 » Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
  • October 22 » Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
  • November 12 » The 7.2 M_w  Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic (b. 1913)
• 1999 » Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist and scholar (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1923)
• 2000 » David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945)
• 2000 » Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1927)