Family tree Diverse » Wilhelmina Petronella Maria van Lieshout (1934-1960)

Day of death January 1, 1960

• The temperature on January 1, 1960 was between 7.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 6 » National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
  • February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
  • May 3 » The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
  • December 1 » Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, West Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
  • December 11 » French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.

Source: Wikipedia

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