Family tree Steinmeier/De Vries » Meene Pieter Doornbos (1923-1996)

Day of marriage April 28, 1948

• The temperature on April 28, 1948 was between 7.8 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 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.
  • June 26 » Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.
  • July 8 » The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
  • July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.

Day of death March 13, 1996

• The temperature on March 13, 1996 was between -5.3 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • April 28 » Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
  • May 13 » Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
  • July 3 » British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.
  • July 28 » The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
  • August 14 » Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is murdered by Turkish forces while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
  • November 18 » A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600ft) of tunnel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Odette Hallowes, French nurse and spy (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 1998 » Hans von Ohain, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
• 1999 » Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1999 » Lee Falk, American cartoonist, director, and producer (b. 1911)