Family tree Menting » Theodorus "Theo" Peters (1924-1993)

Day of marriage January 21, 1949

• The temperature on January 21, 1949 was between 3.8 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
  • June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
  • August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
  • 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.
  • September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
  • October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.

Day of death April 23, 1993

• The temperature on April 23, 1993 was between 9.2 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
  • February 8 » General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
  • June 1 » Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
  • August 1 » The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
  • October 4 » Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
  • November 18 » In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
• 1992 » Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1992 » Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese politician, 27th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1912)
• 1993 » Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (b. 1927)
• 1995 » Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895)
• 1995 » Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (b. 1918)