De nazaten van Jan Schaap » Dirkje Lammerts Schaap (1889-1983)

Day of marriage August 4, 1917

• The temperature on August 4, 1917 was between 13.6 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
  • March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
  • March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
  • November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Day of death August 25, 1983

• The temperature on August 25, 1983 was between 15.3 °C and 27.5 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 19 » The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
  • February 18 » Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
  • February 24 » A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
  • June 5 » More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.
  • July 23 » Thirteen Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed after a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
  • December 31 » In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.

Day of burial August 29, 1983

• The temperature on August 29, 1983 was between 12.3 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
  • May 17 » Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
  • July 24 » George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".
  • September 12 » The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
  • October 13 » Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.
  • December 27 » Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915)
• 1982 » Anna German, Polish singer (b. 1936)
• 1984 » Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1984 » Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921)
• 1984 » Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899)