Vandenberg Tree » Andrew W. vanden Berg (1919-1999)

Day of marriage February 17, 1946

• The temperature on February 17, 1946 was between 3.9 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• 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 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
  • January 24 » The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
  • February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
  • August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
  • September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
  • December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.

Day of death September 1, 1999

• The temperature on September 1, 1999 was between 12.7 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
  • May 3 » Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side resulted into the kargil war.
  • July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
  • August 15 » Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
  • August 31 » The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
  • October 29 » A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
• 1998 » Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1921)
• 1998 » Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (b. 1930)
• 1998 » Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1999 » W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (b. 1951)
• 2003 » Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (b. 1918)