Genealogy Jan van de Wege and Janna Dekkers » Cora van Stelle (1930-1991)

Day of marriage June 9, 1950

• The temperature on June 9, 1950 was between 8.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
  • March 12 » The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
  • May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
  • May 19 » A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
  • August 1 » Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
  • November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.

Day of death July 4, 1991

• The temperature on July 4, 1991 was between 18.4 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 22.6 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
  • January 26 » Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
  • February 1 » A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
  • August 31 » Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • September 29 » A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
  • October 7 » Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (b. 1954)
• 1990 » Olive Ann Burns, American journalist and author (b. 1924)
• 1991 » Art Sansom, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 1991 » Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (b. 1936)
• 1992 » Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian bandoneon player and composer (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Bona Arsenault, Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903)