Genealogiebestand Heemkundekring Loon op 't Sandt » Gerardus Johannes Maria van der Velden (1902-1988)

Day of marriage February 5, 1940

• The temperature on February 5, 1940 was between 1.4 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
  • May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
  • May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
  • June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
  • July 3 » World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, and one escapes back to France.
  • August 5 » World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.

Day of death April 8, 1988

• The temperature on April 8, 1988 was between 4.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • January 1 » The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
  • March 16 » The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
  • April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
  • September 7 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns to Earth after nine days on the Mir space station.
  • October 7 » A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
  • December 8 » A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and director (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1894)
• 1985 » John Frederick Coots, American pianist and composer (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Ryan White, American activist, inspired the Ryan White Care Act (b. 1971)
• 1991 » Per Ohlin, Swedish musician (b. 1969)
• 1992 » Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)