Kolks Family Tree » Harvey Niewoehner (1902-1986)

Day of marriage November 12, 1949

• The temperature on November 12, 1949 was between 6.9 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
  • April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
  • August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
  • November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
  • December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.
  • December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.

Day of death January 5, 1986

• The temperature on January 5, 1986 was between 0.1 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain during 10.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • April 14 » The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2lb)) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
  • April 25 » Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
  • May 26 » The European Community adopts the European flag.
  • June 14 » The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park in Edmonton, Alberta.
  • August 21 » Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
  • October 21 » In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Edmund Herring, Australian general and politician, 7th Chief Justice of Victoria (b. 1892)
• 1982 » Hans Conried, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (b. 1875)
• 1987 » Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (b. 1926)
• 1990 » Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)