Family tree Harmsen-de Vries » Johanna Catharina Beerman (1908-1999)

Day of marriage January 19, 1949

• The temperature on January 19, 1949 was between 7.9 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
  • February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
  • May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
  • June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
  • December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.
  • December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

Day of death January 5, 1999

• The temperature on January 5, 1999 was between 8.5 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • February 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
  • May 7 » In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
  • May 7 » Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
  • July 5 » U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
  • July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
  • September 30 » The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1912)
• 1997 » André Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1924)
• 1997 » Burton Lane, American composer and songwriter (b. 1912)
• 1998 » Sonny Bono, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician (b. 1935)
• 2000 » Kumar Ponnambalam, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
• 2003 » Roy Jenkins, Welsh politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1920)