Wetherill via Brouwer » Robert Dwight Offenhauer PhD (1918-2007)

Day of marriage October 16, 1954

• The temperature on October 16, 1954 was between 10.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
  • January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
  • May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
  • September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
  • November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
  • November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

Day of death October 30, 2007

• The temperature on October 30, 2007 was between 2.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Bulgaria and Romania join the EU.
  • June 8 » Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MVPasha Bulker.
  • June 18 » The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire happened in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine firefighters.
  • September 14 » Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
  • December 11 » Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations.
  • December 23 » An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.

Source: Wikipedia

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