Genealogiebestand Heemkundekring Loon op 't Sandt » Pieternella Laros (1908-1977)

Day of marriage July 27, 1938

• The temperature on July 27, 1938 was between 13.1 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
  • July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
  • September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
  • October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
  • October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
  • November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.

Day of death December 19, 1977

• The temperature on December 19, 1977 was between 2.6 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • February 18 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
  • March 11 » The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
  • April 7 » German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
  • July 13 » New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
  • August 18 » Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.
  • October 6 » The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1976 » Giuseppe Caselli, Italian painter (b. 1893)
• 1982 » Dwight Macdonald, American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1906)
• 1984 » Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (b. 1903)
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