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 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
  • 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).
  • March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
  • August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
  • November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
  • December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.

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 18 » Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium.
  • March 19 » A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
  • April 30 » Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
  • July 18 » The Government of Detroit, with up to $20billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
  • August 15 » The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
  • December 9 » At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia.

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)