1001 stambomen » Aloysius Peter Pick (1922-2005)

Day of marriage October 19, 1949

• The temperature on October 19, 1949 was between 10.5 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
  • March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
  • April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
  • April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
  • November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
  • December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

Day of death December 20, 2005

• The temperature on December 20, 2005 was between 3.1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos City, all in the Philippines.
  • April 26 » Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
  • July 20 » The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
  • August 15 » Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
  • September 7 » Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
  • September 8 » Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (b. 1906)
• 2005 » Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)
• 2006 » Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Adrian Mitchell, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
• 2008 » Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and racing driver (b. 1912)
• 2008 » Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (b. 1925)