Sluzigers (e.a.) » Lammert van der Zande (1921-1998)

Day of marriage January 11, 1950

• The temperature on January 11, 1950 was between 6.9 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
  • January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
  • June 25 » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
  • September 26 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
  • October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
  • October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.

Day of death April 7, 1998

• The temperature on April 7, 1998 was between 2.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 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 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • March 24 » First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
  • March 24 » Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
  • May 26 » The first "National Sorry Day" was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
  • October 7 » Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. He died five days later.
  • October 29 » Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
  • November 20 » The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Day of burial April 11, 1998

• The temperature on April 11, 1998 was between 2.7 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 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 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website.
  • March 31 » Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.
  • May 28 » Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
  • September 2 » The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
  • October 12 » Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was beaten outside of Laramie.
  • November 19 » Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Source: Wikipedia

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