Dick Nijborg's genealogical file » Martje van Dijken (1927-2009)

Day of marriage December 1, 1954

• The temperature on December 1, 1954 was between 4.7 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
  • March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
  • May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
  • August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
  • August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
  • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

Day of death November 28, 2009

• The temperature on November 28, 2009 was between 6.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 24 » Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
  • January 29 » The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
  • June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
  • September 24 » The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
  • October 10 » Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
  • December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director and producer (b. 1944)
• 2008 » Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian sergeant (b. 1972)
• 2008 » Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian soldier (b. 1977)
• 2009 » Gilles Carle, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2010 » Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1926)
• 2011 » Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (b. 1933)