Genealogy Slot » Hermanus Johannes Wilhelmus (Herman) van der Most (1926-1992)

Day of marriage January 24, 1957

• The temperature on January 24, 1957 was between -1.8 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • March 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
  • June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
  • June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
  • October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
  • November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
  • December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Day of death October 21, 1992

• The temperature on October 21, 1992 was between 2.7 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
  • April 2 » In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
  • July 10 » In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
  • September 16 » The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
  • October 12 » A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.
  • November 25 » The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.

Source: Wikipedia

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