Kramer Family Tree » Einar Selin Johansen Mathiassen Vik (1917-1992)

Christening day August 12, 1917

• The temperature on August 12, 1917 was between 10.9 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
  • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
  • October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
  • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
  • December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

Day of death October 28, 1992

• The temperature on October 28, 1992 was between 4.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • February 29 » First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
  • March 31 » The USSMissouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
  • April 9 » A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
  • April 27 » Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
  • November 20 » In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50million worth of damage.
  • December 8 » Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » John Braine, English author (b. 1922)
• 1987 » André Masson, French soldier and painter (b. 1896)
• 1989 » Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1898)
• 1993 » Yuri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (b. 1922)
• 1997 » Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1915)
• 1998 » Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (b. 1930)