Database Van Broekhoven » Paul Ernst Wateler (1930-1987)

Day of marriage June 16, 1956

• The temperature on June 16, 1956 was between 1.8 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.
  • January 8 » Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them.
  • March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
  • October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
  • October 29 » Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
  • November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.

Day of death January 10, 1987

• The temperature on January 10, 1987 was between -9.0 °C and -3.4 °C and averaged -7.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
  • May 3 » A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
  • June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
  • November 1 » British Rail Class 43 (HST) hits the record speed of 238km/h for rail vehicles with on-board fuel to generate electricity for traction motors.
  • November 8 » Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.
  • December 8 » Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
• 1986 » Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1987 » David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905)
• 1990 » Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925)