Pedigree Plomp » Maria Magdalena Christina Francisca Ruijgrok (1909-1999)

Day of marriage February 14, 1956

• The temperature on February 14, 1956 was between -14.5 °C and -2.2 °C and averaged -7.8 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • February 25 » In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
  • May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
  • November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
  • November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
  • November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
  • November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Day of death March 3, 1999

• The temperature on March 3, 1999 was between 5.7 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
  • April 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
  • June 9 » Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
  • June 12 » Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • July 23 » ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
  • December 26 » The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1999 » Lee Philips, American actor and director (b. 1927)
• 2000 » Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 2001 » Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (b. 1923)
• 2001 » Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)