Family tree Jacobs » Wieger Jan "Wieger" van den Berg (1919-1998)

Day of marriage May 11, 1946

• The temperature on May 11, 1946 was between 4.8 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 22 » In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
  • March 11 » Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
  • April 1 » The 8.6 M_w  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
  • April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
  • July 7 » Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
  • August 16 » The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.

Day of death March 1, 1998

• The temperature on March 1, 1998 was between 0.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • February 16 » China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
  • April 6 » Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
  • June 11 » Compaq Computer pays US$9billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
  • June 25 » In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
  • July 12 » The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.

Day of burial March 6, 1998

• The temperature on March 6, 1998 was between 4.7 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 35.3 mm of rain during 19.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 » A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
  • February 4 » The 5.9 M_w  Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
  • March 4 » Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
  • March 19 » An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Kabul International Airport, killing all 45 on board.
  • May 7 » Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
  • October 29 » In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Edwin H. Land, American scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (b. 1909)
• 1995 » César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920)
• 1995 » Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)
• 1998 » Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (b. 1937)
• 2004 » Mian Ghulam Jilani, Pakistani general (b. 1914)
• 2006 » Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)