Genealogy Van Eck op Goeree Overflakkee » Gerrit in 't VELD (1906-1967)

Day of marriage August 20, 1942

• The temperature on August 20, 1942 was between 11.3 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 18.6 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%). 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 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.
  • January 11 » World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
  • January 13 » World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
  • January 31 » World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
  • February 1 » Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
  • July 28 » World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
  • September 10 » World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.

Day of death July 19, 1967

• The temperature on July 19, 1967 was between 15.2 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1967: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
  • May 8 » The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
  • May 17 » Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
  • August 24 » Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
  • September 30 » The BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service are replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 is also launched.
  • October 9 » A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
  • October 18 » The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » William Andrew, English priest (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (b. 1875)
• 1967 » Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Stratis Myrivilis, Greek soldier and author (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1975 » Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)