Family tree Van der Werff » Johannes Jacobus "Joop" van der Werff (1930-1993)

Day of marriage September 2, 1952

• The temperature on September 2, 1952 was between 9.1 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (66%). 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
  • March 20 » The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
  • July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
  • July 21 » The 7.3 M_w  Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
  • October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
  • November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".

Day of death January 13, 1993

• The temperature on January 13, 1993 was between 4.1 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • February 26 » World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
  • April 21 » The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
  • May 1 » Dingiri Banda Wijetunga became president of Sri Lanka automatically after killing of R Premadasa in LTTE bomb explosion.
  • May 10 » In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers.
  • August 9 » The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
  • September 27 » The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Abdul Fattah Ismail, Yemeni educator and politician, 4th President of South Yemen (b. 1939)
• 1986 » Kevin Longbottom, Australian rugby league player (b. 1940)
• 1988 » Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
• 1993 » Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer and conductor (b. 1907)
• 1995 » Max Harris, Australian journalist, poet, and author (b. 1921)
• 2002 » Frank Shuster, Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1916)