Family tree Kleef, Reus, Lindeboom,Quax » Jacobus "Jaap" Kleef (1919-1997)

Day of marriage May 12, 1949

• The temperature on May 12, 1949 was between 4.1 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 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)
• 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.
  • February 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
  • March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
  • March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
  • April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
  • June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
  • November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

Day of death May 15, 1997

• The temperature on May 15, 1997 was between 4.5 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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 year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
  • February 4 » En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
  • September 26 » A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
  • November 3 » The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
  • November 12 » Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
  • December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky

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• 1993 » Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)
• 1994 » Gilbert Roland, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1995 » Eric Porter, English actor (b. 1928)
• 1996 » Charles B. Fulton, American lawyer and judge (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• 1998 » Naim Talu, Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)