Geensen database » Gerrit Geense (1916-1990)

Day of marriage March 10, 1950

• The temperature on March 10, 1950 was between -0.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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)
• 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
  • June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
  • July 29 » Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
  • October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
  • December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
  • December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.

Day of death March 30, 1990

• The temperature on March 30, 1990 was between 2.3 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 3 » United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
  • June 19 » The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
  • August 2 » Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
  • August 28 » Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
  • October 13 » Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
  • November 14 » After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.

Day of burial April 4, 1990

• The temperature on April 4, 1990 was between -0.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • April 7 » A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.
  • July 6 » The Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded.
  • September 2 » Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
  • September 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
  • November 7 » Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
  • November 15 » The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)
• 1988 » Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Harry Bridges, Australian-born American activist and trade union leader (b. 1901)
• 1992 » Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1919)
• 1993 » Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (b. 1922)
• 1993 » S. M. Pandit, Indian painter (b. 1916)