FutureHistory » Jerome Maria Riské (1919-2000)

Day of marriage March 27, 1951

• The temperature on March 27, 1951 was between 0.1 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • February 27 » The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
  • March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
  • April 25 » Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
  • October 15 » Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes completes the synthesis of norethisterone, the basis of an early oral contraceptive.
  • November 15 » Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial.
  • December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.

Day of death December 17, 2000

• The temperature on December 17, 2000 was between -0.5 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • January 14 » A United Nations tribunal sentences five Roman Catholic Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
  • April 5 » UEFA Cup semi-final violence: Four Galatasaray fans are arrested for the stabbings to death of two Leeds United fans.
  • May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
  • June 26 » The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
  • September 26 » The MSExpress Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
  • November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » C. Vann Woodward, American historian and academic (b. 1908)
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• 2002 » K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (b. 1910)
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