Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Jan Kraai (1917-1991)

Day of marriage February 27, 1942

• The temperature on February 27, 1942 was between -8.7 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • February 1 » Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
  • April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
  • June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
  • July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
  • September 12 » World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
  • November 1 » World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.

Day of death October 4, 1991

• The temperature on October 4, 1991 was between 6.7 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
  • February 16 » Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
  • March 16 » The airplane carrying eight members of Reba McEntire's touring band crashed on the side of Otay Mountain.
  • August 25 » The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
  • October 7 » Croatian War of Independence: Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb, Croatia.
  • December 8 » The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Day of burial October 9, 1991

• The temperature on October 9, 1991 was between 10.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
  • March 16 » The airplane carrying eight members of Reba McEntire's touring band crashed on the side of Otay Mountain.
  • March 31 » Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
  • August 6 » Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
  • October 17 » 1991 Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who exploded two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.
  • November 7 » Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1989 » Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 1990 » Mārtiņš Zīverts, Latvian playwright (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1936)
• 1994 » Danny Gatton, American guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1997 » Otto Ernst Remer, German general (b. 1912)