Database Van Broekhoven » Petrus Joannes de Jong (1923-1991)

Day of marriage May 24, 1949

• The temperature on May 24, 1949 was between 8.9 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 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 2 » Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
  • January 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
  • March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
  • March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
  • August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
  • December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

Day of death February 8, 1991

• The temperature on February 8, 1991 was between -11.5 °C and -4.6 °C and averaged -7.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • February 23 » In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
  • February 24 » Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
  • March 31 » Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
  • June 20 » German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital Berlin.
  • June 25 » Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence by referendum from Yugoslavia.
  • October 16 » George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1990 » Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
• 1990 » Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (b. 1916)
• 1992 » Denny Wright, British guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1992 » Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (b. 1918)
• 1994 » Raymond Scott, American pianist and composer (b. 1908)