Cox family tree » Martha Ludovica Gomaar Bastens (1921-1976)

Day of marriage October 7, 1942

• The temperature on October 7, 1942 was between 9.6 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
  • May 12 » World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarineU-507.
  • May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
  • 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 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.
  • December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.

Day of death December 8, 1976

• The temperature on December 8, 1976 was between 5.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
  • February 27 » The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
  • July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
  • July 17 » The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
  • July 29 » In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
  • October 6 » Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Eleni Ourani, Greek poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Ernst Krenkel, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (b. 1948)
• 1978 » Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)
• 1980 » John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1982 » Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)