Lazarus tree » Edwin Perry Silverman (1920-1999)

Day of marriage January 1, 1943

• The temperature on January 1, 1943 was between 0.6 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 19.3 mm of rain during 13.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 19 » World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins.
  • April 5 » World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit.
  • June 3 » In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
  • June 24 » US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
  • July 22 » World War II: Allied forces capture Palermo during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
  • December 24 » World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.

Day of death September 5, 1999

• The temperature on September 5, 1999 was between 11.8 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
  • March 24 » A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
  • March 27 » Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
  • July 23 » Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
  • August 17 » The 7.6 M_w  İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
  • December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1998 » Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian radio host (b. 1909)
• 1998 » Verner Panton, Danish interior designer (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Willem Drees, Jr., Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Transport (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement (b. 1928)
• 1999 » Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (b. 1921)