Familieboek Ort » Adrianus Cornelis (Roepnaam Aad) Ort (1929-1996)

Day of marriage May 19, 1960

• The temperature on May 19, 1960 was between 10.0 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
  • January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
  • July 8 » Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
  • August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
  • September 5 » Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
  • October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.

Day of death April 23, 1996

• The temperature on April 23, 1996 was between 9.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • January 8 » An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.
  • March 13 » The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
  • July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
  • August 6 » NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
  • November 20 » A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.
  • November 23 » Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895)
• 1995 » Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (b. 1918)
• 1995 » John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (b. 1904)
• 1995 » Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist (b. 1904)
• 1996 » Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
• 1996 » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (b. 1899)