Stamvaders Kurvers » Catharina Francina van Daalen (1926-2001)

Day of marriage September 27, 1950

• The temperature on September 27, 1950 was between 7.2 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • March 7 » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
  • March 12 » The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
  • May 19 » A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
  • August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
  • September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.
  • October 9 » The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.

Day of death October 14, 2001

• The temperature on October 14, 2001 was between 12.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
  • March 23 » The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
  • May 9 » In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
  • September 14 » Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
  • October 8 » A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
  • December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Cleveland Amory, American author and activist (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1909)
• 2000 » Tony Roper, American race car driver (b. 1964)
• 2002 » Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (b. 1911)
• 2003 » Patrick Dalzel-Job, English linguist, commander, and navigator (b. 1913)