Dreyer Tree » Christina Elizabeth Groenewald (1924-1986)

Day of marriage October 3, 1942

• The temperature on October 3, 1942 was between 8.1 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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.
  • February 10 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies.
  • August 13 » Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
  • August 15 » World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SSOhio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
  • September 12 » World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
  • November 30 » World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
  • December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.

Day of death July 7, 1986

• The temperature on July 7, 1986 was between 9.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • February 16 » China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
  • February 16 » The Soviet liner MSMikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
  • March 7 » Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSPreserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
  • July 2 » Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
  • August 21 » Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
  • December 19 » Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.

Source: Wikipedia

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