Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Cornelia van Rij (1918-1992)

Day of marriage March 13, 1947

• The temperature on March 13, 1947 was between -1.6 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 13.5 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
  • April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
  • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  • July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
  • October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
  • November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.

Day of death March 28, 1992

• The temperature on March 28, 1992 was between 0.8 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Space Shuttle program: the space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
  • February 15 » Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.
  • May 24 » The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
  • September 16 » The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
  • November 11 » The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
  • November 13 » The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
• 1987 » Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Scott Cunningham, American author (b. 1956)
• 1994 » Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1914)