Database Van Broekhoven » Arnoldus Gerardus Josephus van den Abbeelen (1924-1971)

Day of marriage March 2, 1946

• The temperature on March 2, 1946 was between -2.8 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 12.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
  • February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
  • March 9 » Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
  • March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
  • May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
  • December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

Day of death November 17, 1971

• The temperature on November 17, 1971 was between 4.0 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
  • February 9 » The 6.5–6.7 M_w  Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
  • August 27 » An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
  • September 11 » The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
  • September 13 » State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives.
  • November 12 » Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1971 » Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (b. 1878)
• 1976 » Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bangladeshi scholar and politician (b. 1880)
• 1979 » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)