genealogy vandersloot » Augustus Engel (1918-1975)

Day of marriage February 21, 1942

• The temperature on February 21, 1942 was between -10.9 °C and -5.2 °C and averaged -7.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 2 » The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
  • March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
  • April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
  • June 4 » World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
  • August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.

Day of death September 9, 1975

• The temperature on September 9, 1975 was between 10.6 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily 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 year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • February 4 » Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
  • February 28 » In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
  • April 9 » The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
  • August 3 » A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
  • August 4 » The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
  • November 12 » The Comoros joins the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer (b. 1906)
• 1975 » John McGiver, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China (b. 1893)
• 1978 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author (b. 1892)
• 1978 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1892)
• 1979 » Norrie Paramor, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1914)