Gezinsreconstructies (Ambt-)Vollenhove en Beulake » Hendrikje Pieters Mondria (1931-2008)

Day of marriage April 8, 1950

• The temperature on April 8, 1950 was between 6.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1 » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
  • September 26 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
  • November 5 » Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
  • November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
  • December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.

Day of death January 11, 2008

• The temperature on January 11, 2008 was between 8.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 12.6 mm of rain during 11.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
  • February 26 » The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
  • May 12 » U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
  • August 1 » Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
  • August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
  • November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
• 2007 » Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
• 2008 » Carl Karcher, American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr. (b. 1917)
• 2008 » Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (b. 1919)
• 2010 » Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1920)
• 2010 » Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (b. 1909)