Family tree Vredeling » Cornelis Adrianus Maria "Kees" van Gaalen (1900-1988)

Day of marriage September 16, 1949

• The temperature on September 16, 1949 was between 12.1 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
  • January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
  • 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).
  • February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
  • July 1 » The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.
  • September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.

Day of death June 25, 1988

• The temperature on June 25, 1988 was between 12.9 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • January 28 » In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
  • February 20 » The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
  • April 4 » Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
  • May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
  • October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
  • November 16 » In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Felipe Cossío del Pomar, Peruvian painter and political activist (b. 1888)
• 1983 » Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1916)
• 1984 » Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (b. 1926)
• 1988 » Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1962)
• 1990 » Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (b. 1940)
• 1992 » Jerome Brown, American football player (b. 1965)