Barron Family Tree » John Thomas Gill (1921-1987)

Day of marriage June 7, 1945

• The temperature on June 7, 1945 was between 15.1 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 25 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
  • April 4 » World War II: American troops capture Kassel.
  • April 9 » World War II: The German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer is sunk by the Royal Air Force.
  • April 11 » World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
  • April 30 » World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen.
  • May 1 » World War II: Forces of the Soviet Red Army liberate Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Stalag Luft I near Barth, Germany.

Day of death August 17, 1987

• The temperature on August 17, 1987 was between 12.6 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly 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 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 year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • June 8 » New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
  • June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
  • July 1 » The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
  • July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
  • August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
  • November 18 » King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924)
• 1987 » Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician (b. 1894)
• 1987 » Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1988 » Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
• 1988 » Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (b. 1935)