Genealogy Van Rijn en aanverwante families » Dirk OCKHUIJZEN (1924-2002)

Day of marriage January 28, 1949

• The temperature on January 28, 1949 was between -2.4 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
  • August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
  • September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
  • 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 June 19, 2002

• The temperature on June 19, 2002 was between 11.2 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 29 » In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
  • April 12 » A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
  • May 10 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4million in cash and diamonds.
  • May 25 » China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
  • June 11 » Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
  • November 10 » Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » John Heyer, Australian director and producer (b. 1916)
• 2001 » Stanley Mosk, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Clayton Kirkpatrick, journalist and newspaper editor (b. 1915)
• 2007 » Alberto Mijangos, Mexican-American painter and educator (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Terry Hoeppner, American football player and coach (b. 1947)