Family tree Janneke Smids » Kornelis Johannes de Vries (1923-1996)

Day of marriage August 25, 1950

• The temperature on August 25, 1950 was between 9.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
• 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.
  • May 13 » The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
  • June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
  • July 11 » Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
  • July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
  • October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
  • November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.

Day of death November 30, 1996

• The temperature on November 30, 1996 was between 0.2 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
  • January 27 » Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
  • January 27 » In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
  • January 29 » President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
  • July 25 » In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
  • October 16 » Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.

Day of burial December 4, 1996

• The temperature on December 4, 1996 was between 4.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • February 24 » Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.
  • June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
  • July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
  • July 17 » TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
  • September 7 » Rapper and hip hop artist Tupac Shakur is fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. He succumbs to his injuries six days later.
  • September 27 » Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N. oil spill in Portland, Maine.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Guy Debord, French theorist and author (b. 1931)
• 1994 » Lionel Stander, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1996 » Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (b. 1932)
• 1997 » Kathy Acker, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)
• 1998 » Janet Lewis, American novelist and poet (b. 1899)
• 1998 » Margaret Walker, American author and poet (b. 1915)