Landgraf-Klein Genealogie » Betty Jane Lotz (1923-2008)

Day of marriage June 6, 1942

• The temperature on June 6, 1942 was between 12.3 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (88%). 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 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 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
  • March 31 » World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
  • April 3 » World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
  • April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
  • July 6 » Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
  • November 15 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.

Day of death March 5, 2008

• The temperature on March 5, 2008 was between -1.7 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
  • March 14 » A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.
  • April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
  • May 31 » Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds
  • June 8 » At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
  • December 24 » The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Charles B. Pierce, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2010 » Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (b. 1923)
• 2011 » Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
• 2012 » Paul Haines, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1970)