Family tree Jan van Nielen (Carnisse ca 1600) » Hendrik Gijsbertus "Henk" van NIELEN (1922-1998)

Day of marriage May 28, 1957

• The temperature on May 28, 1957 was between 5.0 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
  • January 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
  • January 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
  • March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
  • April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
  • October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.

Day of death November 3, 1998

• The temperature on November 3, 1998 was between 6.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 34.5 mm of rain during 14.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
  • January 23 » Netscape announced Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source.
  • May 27 » Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
  • June 5 » A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
  • July 4 » Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
  • August 17 » Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.

Day of burial November 10, 1998

• The temperature on November 10, 1998 was between 4.2 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • January 25 » During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
  • February 1 » Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
  • May 30 » Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent.
  • August 26 » The first flight of the Air Force Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X satellite.
  • September 2 » The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
  • November 19 » Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Valter Palm, Estonian-American boxer (b. 1905)
• 1995 » Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician (b. 1887)
• 1996 » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921)
• 1998 » Bob Kane, American author and illustrator, co-created Batman (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928)
• 2001 » Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-English historian and author (b. 1909)