Genealogy Oosterbroek (Veluwe) » Jan "Pukkie" Oosterbroek (1926-2002)

Day of marriage December 16, 1952

• The temperature on December 16, 1952 was between -2.7 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
  • March 10 » Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.
  • April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
  • April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • June 26 » The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
  • October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.

Day of death February 13, 2002

• The temperature on February 13, 2002 was between 3.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
  • April 4 » The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
  • April 14 » Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
  • November 18 » Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
  • December 13 » European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
  • December 23 » A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.

Day of cremation February 18, 2002

• The temperature on February 18, 2002 was between 2.8 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • March 29 » In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
  • April 14 » Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
  • May 24 » Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
  • June 10 » The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
  • July 10 » At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens's painting The Massacre of the Innocents is sold for £49.5million (US$76.2million) to Lord Thomson.
  • October 7 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-112 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.

Source: Wikipedia

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