Family tree Weening » Agustina Adema (± 1900-1962)

Day of death December 29, 1962

• The temperature on December 29, 1962 was between -10.5 °C and -4.2 °C and averaged -6.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
  • March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
  • September 23 » The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
  • September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  • November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
  • December 9 » The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.

Source: Wikipedia

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