Family tree Verloop » Johannes (Hans) VERLOOP (1923-1996)

Day of marriage September 24, 1949

• The temperature on September 24, 1949 was between 17.6 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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)
• 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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
  • April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
  • November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
  • November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
  • December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

Day of death December 3, 1996

• The temperature on December 3, 1996 was between 2.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • January 25 » Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the U.S.A.
  • January 27 » In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
  • January 29 » President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
  • April 1 » The government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the City of Halifax and the over 200 communities around the area to create the Halifax Regional Municipality.
  • October 16 » Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.
  • November 5 » Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and academic (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Georges Duby, French historian and author (b. 1919)
• 1998 » Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1936)
• 1999 » John Archer, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Madeline Kahn, American actress, comedian, and singer (b. 1942)
• 1999 » Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1942)