Database Van Broekhoven » Adrianus Johannes Reniers (1918-1988)

Day of marriage October 4, 1949

• The temperature on October 4, 1949 was between 6.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
  • April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
  • August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
  • October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
  • December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
  • December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

Day of death September 25, 1988

• The temperature on September 25, 1988 was between 9.1 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
  • February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
  • April 14 » The USSSamuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
  • April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
  • July 6 » The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
  • August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (b. 1917)
• 1986 » Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1988 » Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (b. 1909)
• 1988 » Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (b. 1937)