Genealogy Pot en Smit » GERARDA "Gerda" SMIT (1930-1988)

Day of marriage April 19, 1958

• The temperature on April 19, 1958 was between 7.5 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
  • February 21 » The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
  • June 16 » Imre Nagy, Pál Maléter and other leaders of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising are executed.
  • July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
  • August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
  • December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

Day of death February 14, 1988

• The temperature on February 14, 1988 was between 3.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
  • February 29 » South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with one hundred other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
  • May 8 » A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".
  • August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
  • November 15 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
  • November 22 » In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Lina Radke, German runner and coach (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Edmund Rubbra, English composer and conductor (b. 1901)
• 1987 » Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1904)
• 1988 » Frederick Loewe, German-American composer (b. 1901)
• 1989 » James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1900)
• 1989 » Vincent Crane, English pianist (b. 1943)