Gezinsreconstructies Steenwijk » Andreas Hendrikus Schokker (1892-1983)

Day of marriage April 28, 1923

• The temperature on April 28, 1923 was between -0.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
  • June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
  • July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
  • September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
  • October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
  • November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

Day of death April 5, 1983

• The temperature on April 5, 1983 was between 1.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • June 4 » Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.
  • July 16 » Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
  • July 27 » Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
  • September 12 » A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
  • September 19 » Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
  • November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.

Day of burial April 9, 1983

• The temperature on April 9, 1983 was between 0.7 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
  • February 23 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
  • April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
  • April 25 » Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
  • September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
  • December 5 » Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Émile Hanse, Belgian footballer (b. 1892)
• 1981 » Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Pinchus Kremegne, French artist (b. 1890)
• 1982 » Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar of oriental cultures (b. 1894)
• 1984 » Hans Lunding, Danish military officer (b. 1899)