Genealogy De Wit (stad Groningen) » Elisabeth "Betsy" Lantinga (1918-1977)

Day of marriage April 24, 1939

• The temperature on April 24, 1939 was between 6.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • May 3 » The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
  • June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
  • September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
  • September 3 » World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
  • November 8 » In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
  • December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

Day of death February 22, 1977

• The temperature on February 22, 1977 was between 3.9 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • April 11 » London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched.
  • May 25 » The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
  • May 31 » The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
  • July 13 » New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
  • July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
  • November 26 » An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900)
• 1976 » Angela Baddeley, English actress (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Florence Ballard, American singer (b. 1943)
• 1980 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (b. 1886)