Genealogy Pot en Smit » WILLEM "Wim" BREUKINK (1923-2013)

Day of marriage September 8, 1949

• The temperature on September 8, 1949 was between 7.3 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
  • January 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
  • March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
  • 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 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
  • August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.

Day of death April 9, 2013

• The temperature on April 9, 2013 was between 2.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • February 10 » Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.
  • April 29 » National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing seven people.
  • June 23 » Militants stormed a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan killing ten climbers, and a local guide.
  • June 26 » Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
  • June 30 » Nineteen firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona.
  • December 14 » A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Malcolm Thomas, Welsh rugby player and cricketer (b. 1929)
• 2013 » David Hayes, American sculptor and painter (b. 1931)
• 2013 » Greg McCrary, American football player (b. 1952)
• 2013 » McCandlish Phillips, American journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 2013 » Mordechai Mishani, Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
• 2013 » Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (b. 1919)