Family tree Steinmeier/De Vries » Johannes Dirk van Driel (1930-1998)

Day of marriage May 17, 1954

• The temperature on May 17, 1954 was between 7.9 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded 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 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
  • April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
  • June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
  • July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
  • September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
  • December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

Day of death September 3, 1998

• The temperature on September 3, 1998 was between 15.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 19.2 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1998: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
  • February 28 » Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
  • May 6 » Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. unveils the first iMac.
  • July 12 » The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
  • August 28 » Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
  • December 26 » Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1994 » James Thomas Aubrey, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
• 1995 » Mary Adshead, English painter (b. 1904)
• 1996 » Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian painter (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Edward Anhalt, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Pauline Kael, American film critic and author (b. 1919)