Database Van Broekhoven » Hendrikus Aarts (1914-1993)

Day of marriage May 16, 1949

• The temperature on May 16, 1949 was between 8.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
  • April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
  • April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
  • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
  • June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
  • October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.

Day of death September 15, 1993

• The temperature on September 15, 1993 was between 12.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • February 8 » General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
  • March 7 » The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.
  • March 12 » North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
  • June 1 » Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
  • August 20 » After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.
  • September 13 » Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (b. 1933)
• 1991 » John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1991 » Warner Troyer, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1932)
• 1993 » Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)
• 1995 » Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 1995 » Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)