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 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
  • April 18 » The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
  • May 8 » Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
  • June 27 » In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
  • July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
  • August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.

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.
  • March 24 » Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
  • April 1 » Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
  • April 14 » A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
  • April 20 » Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
  • May 3 » Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side resulted into the kargil war.
  • November 27 » The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.

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)