Genealogy Harssema » Klaas Jacob van DIJK (1939-2016)

Day of marriage November 18, 1965

• The temperature on November 18, 1965 was between 0.3 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • February 17 » Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
  • March 6 » Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
  • July 25 » Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
  • August 9 » Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
  • November 27 » Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
  • December 30 » Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.

Day of death June 21, 2016

• The temperature on June 21, 2016 was between 13.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called 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 2016: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
  • February 6 » An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
  • May 27 » Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
  • June 16 » Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
  • June 23 » The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
  • November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikoura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people.
  • December 25 » A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

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