FutureHistory » Francois Jozef Marie Riské (1937-2000)

Day of marriage May 15, 1956

• The temperature on May 15, 1956 was between 1.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • January 28 » Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
  • July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
  • October 14 » Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, leader of India's Untouchable caste, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
  • October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
  • October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
  • November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.

Day of death September 29, 2000

• The temperature on September 29, 2000 was between 14.5 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
  • June 5 » The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
  • June 13 » Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
  • September 28 » Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
  • November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
  • December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
  • December 30 » Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 1998 » Tom Bradley, American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Jean-Louis Millette, Canadian actor (b. 1935)
• 2000 » John Grant, English journalist and politician (b. 1932)
• 2001 » Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)