Genealogy Pot en Smit » BEREND JAN MURK LELS (1893-1984)

Day of marriage October 2, 1918

• The temperature on October 2, 1918 was between 3.0 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
  • May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
  • August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
  • September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
  • October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
  • November 27 » The Free Territory of Ukraine is established in Huliaipole.

Day of death February 7, 1984

• The temperature on February 7, 1984 was between 1.9 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
  • July 17 » The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
  • July 28 » Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.
  • August 11 » "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
  • September 5 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
  • September 7 » An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo kills seven soldiers and policemen.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (b. 1923)
• 1990 » Alan Perlis, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1922)
• 1990 » Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (b. 1905)
• 1991 » Amos Yarkoni, Israeli colonel (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1913)