Genealogy Harssema » Michael James Dennison BIRNIE (1940-2013)

Day of marriage November 17, 1960

• The temperature on November 17, 1960 was between 1.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
  • June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
  • August 13 » The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
  • September 5 » Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
  • November 28 » Mauritania becomes independent of France.
  • December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.

Day of death January 6, 2013

• The temperature on January 6, 2013 was between 6.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • January 15 » A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
  • June 7 » A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.
  • June 16 » A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
  • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • July 6 » A Boeing 777 operating as Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashes at San Francisco International Airport, killing three and injuring 181 of the 307 people on board.
  • October 3 » At least 360 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2013 » Gerard Helders, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1905)
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• 2013 » Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (b. 1923)