Family tree Dijkstra » Jelke Gerrit Dijkstra (1911-1982)

Day of marriage January 30, 1947

• The temperature on January 30, 1947 was between -12.3 °C and -2.3 °C and averaged -8.3 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
  • February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
  • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  • July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
  • September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
  • October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.

Day of death March 17, 1982

• The temperature on March 17, 1982 was between 2.2 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1982: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
  • March 30 » Space Shuttle program: STS-3 mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
  • April 30 » The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India.
  • May 29 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
  • June 7 » Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
  • June 13 » Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891)
• 1986 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (b.1923)