Mannen van Croy » Johannes Baptist Crooijmans (1918-1996)

Day of marriage November 2, 1966

• The temperature on November 2, 1966 was between -4.0 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • July 18 » Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
  • July 24 » Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
  • August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
  • October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
  • November 8 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
  • December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.

Day of death August 30, 1996

• The temperature on August 30, 1996 was between 13.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 27 » Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
  • February 29 » Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew die.
  • June 25 » The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
  • September 27 » Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N. oil spill in Portland, Maine.
  • October 2 » The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
  • December 22 » Airborne Express Flight 827 crashes near Narrows, Virginia, killing all six people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Richard Jordan, American actor (b. 1938)
• 1994 » Lindsay Anderson, English director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 1995 » Fischer Black, American economist and academic (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Sterling Morrison, American guitarist and singer (b. 1942)
• 1996 » Christine Pascal, French actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1953)
• 1999 » Reindert Brasser, Dutch discus thrower (b. 1912)