Family tree Crapts » Carolina Metzen (1920-1990)

Day of marriage May 21, 1948

• The temperature on May 21, 1948 was between 6.1 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
  • May 9 » Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
  • May 26 » The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
  • September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
  • September 15 » The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080km/h).
  • December 11 » Arab–Israeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.

Day of death July 17, 1990

• The temperature on July 17, 1990 was between 12.7 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 1 » David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.
  • March 18 » In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
  • April 11 » Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
  • July 26 » The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.
  • July 27 » The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.
  • November 15 » The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.

Day of burial July 20, 1990

• The temperature on July 20, 1990 was between 11.0 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 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 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • March 29 » The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
  • April 9 » An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR.
  • July 1 » German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
  • August 13 » A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwan's naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese illegal immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
  • October 3 » The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • November 22 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (b. 1946)
• 1989 » Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922)
• 1991 » John Patrick Spiegel, American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
• 1994 » Jean Borotra, French tennis player (b. 1898)
• 1995 » Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)
• 1996 » Victims of TWA Flight 800