Database Van Broekhoven » Johannes Cornelius Henricus van Berkel (1922-1983)

Day of marriage June 7, 1949

• The temperature on June 7, 1949 was between 10.2 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
  • February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
  • April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
  • April 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  • July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
  • August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.

Day of death June 19, 1983

• The temperature on June 19, 1983 was between 9.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • March 21 » The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic.
  • April 18 » A suicide bomber in Lebanon destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people.
  • April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
  • July 11 » A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
  • September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
  • December 27 » Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1981 » Anya Phillips, Chinese-American band manager and co-founder of the Mudd Club (b. 1955)
• 1984 » Lee Krasner, American painter and educator (b. 1908)
• 1986 » Len Bias, American basketball player (b. 1963)
• 1987 » Margaret Carver Leighton, American author (b. 1896)
• 1988 » Fernand Seguin, Canadian biochemist and academic (b. 1922)