Genealogy Schoots » Gerardus Arend Coenraad Karel Schoots (1911-1980)

Day of marriage June 3, 1942

• The temperature on June 3, 1942 was between 7.3 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 9 » Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
  • July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
  • 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.
  • September 23 » World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
  • November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
  • December 4 » World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.

Day of death July 16, 1980

• The temperature on July 16, 1980 was between 9.0 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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)
• 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 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 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, killing 128 people.
  • March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
  • April 30 » Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
  • May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
  • June 10 » The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
  • July 23 » Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1982 » Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (b. 1894)
• 1985 » Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Wayne King, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1989 » Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Robert Blackburn, Irish educator (b. 1927)