Genealogy Harssema » Alexander Nicolaas VOORMOLEN (1895-1980)

Day of marriage June 12, 1946

• The temperature on June 12, 1946 was between 5.3 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • January 25 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
  • April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
  • May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
  • August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
  • December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.

Day of death November 12, 1980

• The temperature on November 12, 1980 was between 1.1 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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)
• 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • May 14 » Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
  • June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.
  • July 23 » Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
  • August 27 » A massive bomb planted by extortionist John Birges explodes at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada after a failed disarming attempt by the FBI. Although the hotel is damaged, no one is injured.
  • September 12 » Military coup in Turkey.
  • December 11 » The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1879)
• 1976 » Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)
• 1981 » William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1986 » Minoru Yasui, American lawyer and activist (b. 1916)
• 1987 » Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1937)