Family tree Pullen » Hermannus "Herman" Altena (1916-1964)

Day of marriage September 30, 1949

• The temperature on September 30, 1949 was between 11.2 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
  • March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
  • June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
  • October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
  • November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
  • November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

Day of death July 18, 1964

• The temperature on July 18, 1964 was between 17.2 °C and 31.7 °C and averaged 23.7 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • January 8 » President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
  • February 17 » Gabonese president Léon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
  • April 11 » Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected President by the National Congress.
  • May 9 » Ngô Đình Cẩn, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngô Đình Diệm before the family's toppling, is executed.
  • August 28 » The Philadelphia race riot begins.
  • October 22 » An all-party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which will become the new official flag of Canada.

Day of burial July 23, 1964

• The temperature on July 23, 1964 was between 12.1 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
  • June 19 » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
  • September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
  • October 1 » Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
  • October 14 » The Soviet Presidium and the Communist Party Central Committee each vote to accept Nikita Khrushchev's "voluntary" request to retire from his offices.
  • December 4 » Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.

Source: Wikipedia

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