Family tree Braun » Maria Catharina Morreau (1924-2011)

Day of marriage August 16, 1949

• The temperature on August 16, 1949 was between 10.2 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • January 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
  • April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
  • May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
  • October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.

Day of death August 15, 2011

• The temperature on August 15, 2011 was between 11.6 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • February 22 » New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing 185 people.
  • April 19 » Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
  • May 13 » Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.
  • July 13 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations.
  • July 22 » Norway attacks: First a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
  • September 11 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2011 » Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
• 2012 » Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
• 2012 » Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 2013 » Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944)
• 2013 » Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)