Family tree Kueter » Albert OOSTING (1921-1978)

Day of marriage April 5, 1947

• The temperature on April 5, 1947 was between -0.3 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 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.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
  • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
  • May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
  • August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
  • August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
  • October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.

Day of death December 3, 1978

• The temperature on December 3, 1978 was between -1.6 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • April 7 » Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
  • April 14 » Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
  • April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
  • May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
  • October 1 » Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • December 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872)
• 1973 » Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)