Kramer Family Tree » Abe Minderts Lenstra (1920-1985)

Day of marriage August 23, 1944

• The temperature on August 23, 1944 was between 18.3 °C and 32.8 °C and averaged 23.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • April 5 » World War II: Two hundred seventy inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
  • April 17 » Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
  • June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
  • August 10 » World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end.
  • August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
  • December 22 » World War II: Battle of the Bulge: German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"

Day of death September 2, 1985

• The temperature on September 2, 1985 was between 12.0 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • February 16 » Hezbollah is founded.
  • February 19 » William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
  • March 31 » The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  • May 29 » Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
  • May 31 » United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
  • November 20 » Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

Day of burial September 6, 1985

• The temperature on September 6, 1985 was between 8.4 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • February 16 » Hezbollah is founded.
  • April 23 » Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
  • May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
  • June 23 » A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.
  • September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
  • October 10 » US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Feri Cansel, Turkish-Cypriot actress (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908)
• 1985 » Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
• 1985 » Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
• 1985 » M. Alalasundaram, Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician
• 1985 » V. Dharmalingam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (b. 1918)