Noordwijkerhout Van Toen (NoVaTo) » Cornelis Johannes "Kees" Zethof (1922-2000)

Day of marriage January 9, 1957

• The temperature on January 9, 1957 was between 6.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
  • March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
  • May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
  • June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
  • October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
  • November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.

Day of death March 2, 2000

• The temperature on March 2, 2000 was between 1.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 16.2 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
  • June 22 » Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.
  • August 21 » Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
  • October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
  • November 7 » Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
  • November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
• 2000 » Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (b. 1963)
• 2003 » Hank Ballard, American singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2003 » Malcolm Williamson, Australian pianist and composer (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Cormac McAnallen, Irish footballer (b. 1980)
• 2004 » Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)