Andorfer Family Tree » Owen Bunting CRAM (1921-1989)

Day of marriage June 5, 1942

• The temperature on June 5, 1942 was between 13.8 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • February 11 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
  • March 1 » World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).
  • March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
  • June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
  • August 19 » World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
  • October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.

Day of death March 18, 1989

• The temperature on March 18, 1989 was between -2.8 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
  • March 2 » Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
  • May 30 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
  • September 8 » Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.
  • September 14 » The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year old pressman, killed 8 people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
  • December 29 » Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Umberto II of Italy (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Charley Lau, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
• 1986 » Bernard Malamud, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Billy Butterfield, American trumpet player and cornet player (b. 1917)
• 1990 » Robin Harris, American comedian (b. 1953)
• 1993 » Kenneth E. Boulding, English-American economist and activist (b. 1910)