Genealogisch Web Rijken » Marinus "Marinus" Voets (1921-1994)

Day of marriage February 24, 1949

• The temperature on February 24, 1949 was between 3.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
  • June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
  • September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
  • October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
  • November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
  • 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 March 4, 1994

• The temperature on March 4, 1994 was between 1.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (67%). 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • March 21 » The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enters into force.
  • March 23 » Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, killing 75.
  • March 23 » At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
  • June 1 » Republic of South Africa becomes a Commonwealth republic.
  • October 12 » The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
  • October 21 » North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.

Day of burial March 8, 1994

• The temperature on March 8, 1994 was between 8.9 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
  • March 23 » A United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collides with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashes, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground. This later became known as the Green Ramp disaster.
  • June 15 » Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.
  • August 23 » Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
  • October 21 » In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people are killed when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
  • November 30 » MSAchille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia.

Source: Wikipedia

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