The temperature on September 3, 1961 was between 15.6 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
July 4 » On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
December 9 » Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
Day of death December 25, 1983
The temperature on December 25, 1983 was between 9.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 9.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 28 » The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
May 6 » The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
September 1 » Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
October 9 » South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
October 30 » The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Gerard Bergsma, "Genealogy Bergsma", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/bergsma-genealogie/I11089.php : accessed June 11, 2024), "Patrick de Ridder (1961-1983)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.