Family tree De Backer - Evers » Calvin Q Morrison (1925-2016)

Day of marriage May 25, 1949

• The temperature on May 25, 1949 was between 9.1 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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.
  • April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
  • May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
  • July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
  • September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
  • September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.

Day of death July 28, 2016

• The temperature on July 28, 2016 was between 15.4 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.
  • March 27 » A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.
  • May 23 » Eight bombings were carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people were killed and at least 200 people injured.
  • September 17 » Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
  • October 8 » In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
  • December 19 » Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is assassinated while at an art exhibition in Ankara. The assassin, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, is shot and killed by a Turkish guard.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2014 » Margot Adler, American journalist and author (b. 1946)
• 2015 » Clive Rice, South African cricketer and coach (b. 1949)
• 2015 » Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (b. 1954)
• 2015 » Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (b. 1950)
• 2016 » Émile Derlin Zinsou, Beninese politician (b. 1918)
• 2016 » Mahasweta Devi, Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (b. 1926)