Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Rijndert van Hemel (1916-1996)

Day of marriage August 26, 1949

• The temperature on August 26, 1949 was between 13.7 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
  • June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
  • September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
  • October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
  • November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
  • December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

Day of death January 23, 1996

• The temperature on January 23, 1996 was between -5.3 °C and -1.5 °C and averaged -3.9 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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, 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 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
  • February 9 » Copernicium is discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
  • February 17 » The 8.2 M_w  Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured.
  • June 4 » The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
  • July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
  • September 27 » Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N. oil spill in Portland, Maine.

Day of burial January 27, 1996

• The temperature on January 27, 1996 was between -8.0 °C and -3.5 °C and averaged -5.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily 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 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 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • February 24 » Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.
  • March 13 » The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
  • April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
  • May 27 » First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
  • July 17 » TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
  • December 30 » Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

Source: Wikipedia

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