Sluzigers (e.a.) » Jan Slurink (1905-1969)

Day of marriage January 29, 1941

• The temperature on January 29, 1941 was between -6.8 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • May 27 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
  • June 2 » World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
  • July 16 » Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
  • August 15 » Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
  • September 3 » The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
  • October 2 » World War II: In Operation Typhoon, the Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter.

Day of death September 11, 1969

• The temperature on September 11, 1969 was between 11.0 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
  • March 17 » Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
  • May 17 » Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
  • May 20 » The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
  • July 21 » Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.
  • August 14 » The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.

Day of burial September 15, 1969

• The temperature on September 15, 1969 was between 13.8 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
  • March 10 » In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
  • March 17 » Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
  • August 12 » Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
  • September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
  • November 15 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (b. 1904)
• 1968 » René Cogny, French general (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (b. 1894)
• 1973 » Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (b. 1908)