More like a forest than a tree! » Eugenia OLDENBURG (1910-1989)

Day of marriage November 28, 1949

• The average temperature on November 28, 1949 was 4.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
  • January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
  • September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
  • October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
  • November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

Day of death October 15, 1989

• The temperature on October 15, 1989 was between 4.1 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • March 2 » Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
  • April 2 » Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
  • April 26 » The deadliest known tornado strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.
  • June 7 » Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.
  • August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.
  • November 7 » Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Donald Wandrei, American author and poet (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)
• 1988 » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (b. 1892)
• 1989 » Danilo Kiš, Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. (b. 1935)
• 1990 » Delphine Seyrig, French actress and director (b. 1932)
• 1993 » Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic (b. 1913)