Genealogy Groot » Theodorus "Theo" Zaal (1927-1971)

Day of death July 2, 1971

• The temperature on July 2, 1971 was between 13.2 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
  • March 8 » The Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali commences. Frazier wins in 15 rounds via unanimous decision.
  • April 10 » Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
  • May 27 » Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.
  • August 5 » The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
  • September 20 » Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.

Day of burial July 8, 1971

• The temperature on July 8, 1971 was between 13.8 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 15.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • February 27 » Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
  • March 12 » The 1971 Turkish military memorandum is sent to the Süleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
  • May 13 » Over 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are murdered in the Demra massacre.
  • June 11 » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
  • November 27 » The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
  • November 28 » Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Source: Wikipedia

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