Genealogiebestand Heemkundekring Loon op 't Sandt » Franciscus Wilhelmus Josephus Huijbregts (1931-1992)

Day of marriage January 16, 1959

• The temperature on January 16, 1959 was between -7.1 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -3.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
  • August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
  • August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
  • September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
  • November 21 » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.
  • December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

Day of death October 28, 1992

• The temperature on October 28, 1992 was between 4.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • March 1 » Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • April 2 » Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • April 29 » Riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
  • November 23 » The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • December 9 » American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
  • December 14 » War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli: A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.

Source: Wikipedia

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