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Personal data Daniel Charl Marais 

  • He was born in the year 1901.
  • He died on August 26, 1961 in Cape Province, South Africa, he was 60 years old.

Household of Daniel Charl Marais

He is married to Johanna Ester Beukes.

They got married on June 2, 1924 at Kaapstad, Kaapprovinsie, Suid-Afrika, he was 23 years old.

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Historical events

Day of death August 26, 1961

  • The temperature on August 26, 1961 was between 15.3 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • February 12 » The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
    • March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
    • July 12 » Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
    • August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
    • 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.
    • October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.


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