Ancestral Trails 2016 » Percival Douglas TITMUSS (1919-1992)

Day of marriage November 5, 1941

• The temperature on November 5, 1941 was between -2.1 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • February 25 » The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
  • March 7 » Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace.
  • April 27 » World War II: German troops enter Athens.
  • June 14 » June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
  • November 1 » American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.
  • November 13 » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.

Day of death November 10, 1992

• The temperature on November 10, 1992 was between 6.1 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 16 » El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
  • April 5 » Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.
  • May 21 » After 30 seasons Johnny Carson hosted his penultimate episode and last featuring guests (Robin Williams and Bette Midler) of The Tonight Show.
  • July 7 » The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
  • July 19 » A car bomb kills Judge Paolo Borsellino and five members of his escort.
  • December 29 » Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.

Day of burial November 13, 1992

• The temperature on November 13, 1992 was between 1.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 26 » Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
  • March 12 » Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • March 13 » The M_w  6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).
  • May 23 » Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
  • July 31 » Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
  • December 14 » War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli: A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1943)
• 1990 » Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1914)
• 1991 » William Afflis, American football player and wrestler (b. 1929)
• 1992 » Chuck Connors, American actor (b. 1921)
• 1994 » Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920)
• 1995 » Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and activist (b. 1941)