Database Van Broekhoven » Wilhelmus Martinus Merks (1923-2013)

Day of marriage May 12, 1952

• The temperature on May 12, 1952 was between 6.0 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • March 15 » In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870mm (73inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
  • April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
  • April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
  • June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
  • November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

Day of death July 10, 2013

• The temperature on July 10, 2013 was between 13.1 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1 » At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
  • April 18 » A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.
  • April 24 » A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others.
  • June 26 » Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
  • July 16 » As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.
  • October 28 » Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at the Tiananmen Square in China.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2013 » Józef Gara, Polish poet and linguist (b. 1929)
• 2013 » Ku Ok-hee, South Korean golfer (b. 1956)
• 2013 » Philip Caldwell, American businessman (b. 1920)