Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Kornelis "Kees" Welling (1921-2013)

Day of marriage October 31, 1946

• The temperature on October 31, 1946 was between 1.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). 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 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
  • April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
  • June 7 » The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of the Second World War.
  • July 4 » The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
  • July 15 » State of North Borneo, today in Sabah, Malaysia, annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • December 25 » The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.

Day of death December 21, 2013

• The temperature on December 21, 2013 was between 6.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. The almost completely overcast 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, 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.
  • February 11 » The Vatican confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI would resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
  • June 7 » A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.
  • June 30 » Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona.
  • August 21 » Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
  • November 17 » A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2010 » Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
• 2013 » Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1929)
• 2013 » John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (b. 1922)
• 2014 » Billie Whitelaw, English actress (b. 1932)
• 2014 » Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (b. 1923)
• 2014 » Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1934)