Olson's Tree » Mark Raymond Bonham Carter (1922-1994)

Day of marriage June 30, 1955

• The temperature on June 30, 1955 was between 12.4 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
  • September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
  • November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
  • November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
  • November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
  • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

Day of death September 4, 1994

• The temperature on September 4, 1994 was between 9.9 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
  • March 28 » In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.
  • April 4 » Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name Mosaic Communications Corporation.
  • June 20 » The 1994 Imam Reza shrine bomb explosion in Iran leaves at least 25 dead and 70 to 300 injured.
  • September 30 » Ongar railway station, the furthest London Underground from central London, closes.
  • December 24 » Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1913)
• 1991 » Tom Tryon, American actor and author (b. 1926)
• 1993 » Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (b. 1943)
• 1995 » Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1950)
• 1995 » William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)
• 1996 » Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (b. 1917)