Andorfer Family Tree » Sanford Harold KUHNKE (1916-1966)

Day of marriage April 14, 1942

• The temperature on April 14, 1942 was between 3.8 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 2 » The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
  • March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
  • June 3 » World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
  • September 12 » World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Japanese troops.
  • October 3 » A German V-2 rocket reaches a record 85 km (46 nm) in altitude.
  • October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.

Day of death November 20, 1966

• The temperature on November 20, 1966 was between 3.3 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 11.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  • May 6 » Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
  • May 21 » The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
  • June 8 » Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
  • October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
  • December 18 » Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Sylvia Lopez, French model and actress (b. 1933)
• 1960 » Ya'akov Cahan, Israeli writer and translator (b. 1881)
• 1972 » Ennio Flaiano, Italian writer and journalist (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Francisco Franco, Spanish Fascist dictator (b. 1892)