FutureHistory » Leo Johannes van Landeghem (1930-2012)

Day of marriage February 13, 1953

• The temperature on February 13, 1953 was between -2.6 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • March 3 » A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
  • April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
  • June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
  • July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
  • August 12 » The 7.2 M_s  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
  • December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

Day of death October 31, 2012

• The temperature on October 31, 2012 was between 3.5 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2012: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
  • March 11 » A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
  • March 13 » The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.
  • May 13 » Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.
  • July 30 » A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
  • August 20 » A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
  • August 25 » Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.

Source: Wikipedia

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