Cox family tree » Elizabeth Benedicta Lamberechts (1917-1991)

Day of marriage June 20, 1942

• The temperature on June 20, 1942 was between 4.4 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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.
  • May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
  • May 8 » World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
  • May 22 » Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
  • August 6 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
  • October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.
  • November 15 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.

Day of death February 8, 1991

• The temperature on February 8, 1991 was between -11.5 °C and -4.6 °C and averaged -7.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • April 5 » An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.
  • June 3 » Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
  • June 12 » Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.
  • September 6 » The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1, 1991.
  • September 28 » The Strategic Air Command stands down from alert all ICBMs scheduled for deactivation under START I, as well as its strategic bomber force.
  • December 2 » Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1990 » Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
• 1990 » Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (b. 1916)
• 1992 » Denny Wright, British guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1992 » Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (b. 1918)
• 1994 » Raymond Scott, American pianist and composer (b. 1908)