Sluzigers (e.a.) » Albert de Graaf (1918-1997)

Day of marriage May 28, 1942

• The temperature on May 28, 1942 was between 11.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • March 28 » World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
  • June 3 » World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
  • June 26 » The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
  • September 3 » World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
  • October 28 » The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
  • December 10 » World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.

Day of death February 14, 1997

• The temperature on February 14, 1997 was between -0.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
  • May 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
  • May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • June 12 » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
  • September 11 » NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
  • October 12 » The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1994 » Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet serial killer (b. 1936)
• 1995 » Michael V. Gazzo, American actor and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1995 » U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1907)
• 1996 » Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (b. 1919)
• 1999 » Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
• 1999 » John Ehrlichman, American lawyer and politician, 12th White House Counsel (b. 1925)