Family tree Biekart » Léon Willem Rudolf Biekart (1924-2000)

Day of marriage September 23, 1949

• The temperature on September 23, 1949 was between 14.8 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
  • January 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
  • February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
  • March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
  • November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
  • December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.

Day of death June 28, 2000

• The temperature on June 28, 2000 was between 6.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • February 4 » The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
  • August 8 » Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.
  • October 11 » NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
  • October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
  • October 31 » Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
  • November 25 » The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2000 » Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (b. 1913)
• 2000 » Nils Poppe, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (b. 1902)
• 2003 » Joan Lowery Nixon, American journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b. 1912)