The temperature on December 29, 1942 was between -2.0 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 14.9 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
February 1 » World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
March 22 » World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
November 1 » World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.
Day of marriage September 23, 1968
The temperature on September 23, 1968 was between 11.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 20.2 mm of rain during 10.2 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
August 13 » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
October 22 » Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
December 25 » Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.
December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
Day of death April 16, 2005
The temperature on April 16, 2005 was between 6.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Janice Hesselink, "Dutch Connections to Sheboygan County, Wisconsin", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/dutch-connections-to-sheboygan-county-wisconsin/I06376.php : accessed May 18, 2024), "Donald Gosse (1942-2005)".
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.