Houchin family tree » James (Buster) Houchin (1921-1992)

Day of marriage July 31, 1942

• The temperature on July 31, 1942 was between 7.7 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • January 31 » World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
  • February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
  • May 8 » World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
  • June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
  • August 22 » Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
  • November 27 » World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.

Day of death September 25, 1992

• The temperature on September 25, 1992 was between 13.8 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • April 2 » Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • May 7 » Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
  • September 12 » NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.
  • November 11 » The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
  • December 14 » War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli: A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.
  • December 31 » Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1897)
• 1991 » Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (b. 1913)
• 1991 » Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (b. 1912)
• 1992 » Ivan Vdović, Serbian musician (b. 1961)
• 1995 » Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (b. 1891)
• 1995 » Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1928)