Ancestors Willem de Haart (1918-1987) » Willem de Haart (1918-1987)

Day of marriage May 9, 1947

• The temperature on May 9, 1947 was between 11.9 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
  • March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
  • July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
  • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
  • October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
  • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.

Day of death March 25, 1987

• The temperature on March 25, 1987 was between 6.1 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • April 27 » The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
  • May 1 » Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
  • July 1 » The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
  • July 31 » A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Canada.
  • August 19 » Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
  • November 8 » Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Goodman Ace, American comedian and writer (b. 1899)
• 1983 » Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
• 1986 » Gloria Blondell, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1987 » A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1906)
• 1988 » Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (b. 1930)
• 1991 » Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop (b. 1905)