Family tree Weening » Hielke de Haan (1923-1997)

Day of marriage May 19, 1949

• The temperature on May 19, 1949 was between 4.5 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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)
• 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 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
  • March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
  • April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
  • June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
  • July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
  • August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.

Day of death October 12, 1997

• The temperature on October 12, 1997 was between 5.8 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • April 6 » In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occurs when a group of young people abduct and kidnap a religious family before shooting them dead on a rural suburban road.
  • April 29 » The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
  • May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
  • June 12 » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
  • August 25 » Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
  • November 12 » Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » René Lacoste, French tennis player and fashion designer, co-founded Lacoste (b. 1904)
• 1996 » Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (b. 1911)
• 1997 » John Denver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1943)
• 1998 » Mario Beaulieu, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 1998 » Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)
• 1999 » Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936)