Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Antonius Mels (1930-2013)

Day of marriage April 26, 1950

• The temperature on April 26, 1950 was between -1.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
• 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
  • January 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
  • May 13 » The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
  • June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
  • October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
  • December 2 » Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.

Day of death January 24, 2013

• The temperature on January 24, 2013 was between -6.9 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • February 7 » The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.
  • July 18 » The Government of Detroit, with up to $20billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
  • July 20 » Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca.
  • October 22 » The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.
  • November 13 » 4 World Trade Center officially opens.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2010 » Pernell Roberts, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2011 » Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (b. 1949)
• 2014 » Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930)
• 2014 » Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1928)
• 2015 » Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (b. 1922)
• 2016 » Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (b. 1928)