Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Robert Rae Bell (1916-1997)

Day of marriage February 19, 1968

• The temperature on February 19, 1968 was between -3.9 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
  • April 29 » The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
  • November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
  • November 17 » Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
  • November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.
  • December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

Day of death December 14, 1997

• The temperature on December 14, 1997 was between 2.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • May 8 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
  • May 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
  • August 10 » Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
  • September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2​⁄₂ billion watched around the world on television.
  • December 3 » In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
  • December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Gaston Miron, Canadian poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1997 » Emily Cheney Neville, American author (b. 1919)
• 1997 » Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1997 » Stubby Kaye, American actor and comedian (b. 1918)
• 1998 » A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., American lawyer, judge, and activist (b. 1928)
• 1998 » Norman Fell, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)