Family tree Houtman » Marten Gerhardus IJzerman (1920-1991)

Day of marriage January 8, 1949

• The temperature on January 8, 1949 was between 2.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
  • February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
  • March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
  • June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
  • July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
  • August 31 » The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.

Day of death March 23, 1991

• The temperature on March 23, 1991 was between -1.9 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
  • April 10 » Italian ferry MSMoby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.
  • July 10 » The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
  • July 31 » The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
  • August 17 » Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.
  • October 11 » Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.

Day of cremation March 28, 1991

• The temperature on March 28, 1991 was between 3.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
  • August 6 » Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
  • August 8 » The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
  • August 21 » Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
  • October 14 » Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • November 18 » After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » John Dexter, English director and producer (b. 1925)
• 1991 » Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian and author (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1913)
• 1992 » Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-German economist, philosopher, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1992 » Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1949)
• 1994 » Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican economist and politician (b. 1950)