Profession: gevangenisdirecteur, raadslid KVP Rijswijk, buitengewoon hoogleraar strafrecht Nijmegen, minister van Onderwijs, voorzitter TELEAC / NOT, lid raad van state, voorzitter van de afdeling van Geschillen van Bestuur, voorzitter Economisch Instituut voor de Bouwnijverheid, Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau, Grootkruis in de Orde van sint Gregorius de Groote van de Heilige Stoel.
The temperature on April 13, 1924 was between 2.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
Day of death December 29, 1999
The temperature on December 29, 1999 was between 0.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 11 » Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
May 6 » The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
May 7 » In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
May 28 » In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
Day of burial January 4, 2000
The temperature on January 4, 2000 was between 4.3 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 22 » In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.
May 4 » Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
September 20 » The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
September 26 » Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by the Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
October 31 » Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
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