Family tree Langeslag » Johannes Wilhelmus (Jan) Pouwels (1917-2000)

Day of marriage July 12, 1950

• The temperature on July 12, 1950 was between 9.9 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
  • June 27 » The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
  • July 11 » Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
  • July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
  • August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
  • October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.

Day of death April 8, 2000

• The temperature on April 8, 2000 was between -2.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.
  • June 22 » Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.
  • September 15 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XXVII Olympiad, are opened in Sydney, Australia.
  • October 5 » Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
  • October 7 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
  • November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.

Day of burial April 12, 2000

• The temperature on April 12, 2000 was between 3.9 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • January 14 » A United Nations tribunal sentences five Roman Catholic Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
  • March 17 » Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
  • April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
  • May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
  • May 4 » Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
  • December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1918)
• 1997 » Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1947)
• 2000 » Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910)
• 2000 » František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927)
• 2002 » Harvey Quaytman, American painter (b. 1937)
• 2002 » María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)