FutureHistory » Jozef Jan van Aken (1924-1957)

Day of marriage August 29, 1948

• The temperature on August 29, 1948 was between 4.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • April 9 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
  • April 30 » In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
  • May 28 » Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.
  • June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
  • December 9 » The Genocide Convention is adopted.
  • December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

Day of death January 29, 1957

• The temperature on January 29, 1957 was between 0.6 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
  • February 18 » Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
  • February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
  • April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
  • April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
  • May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
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