Family tree Ten Velde » Gilbert George McDonald (1919-1990)

Day of marriage October 4, 1946

• The temperature on October 4, 1946 was between 11.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• 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.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
  • February 24 » Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
  • March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
  • April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
  • September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
  • December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

Day of death March 5, 1990

• The temperature on March 5, 1990 was between 6.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 4 » In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
  • February 2 » Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
  • March 11 » Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
  • April 9 » Thirteen thousand members of the Dene and Métis tribes sign a land claim agreement for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000sqmi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic.
  • April 12 » Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
  • June 20 » The 7.4 M_w  Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1984 » Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (b. 1924)
• 1984 » Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1913)
• 1984 » William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian and actor (b. 1933)
• 1990 » Gary Merrill, American actor and director (b. 1915)
• 1995 » Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1943)