The temperature on May 19, 1941 was between 6.2 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 12.0 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 2 » World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
May 15 » Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak.
June 1 » World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
September 17 » World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.
December 8 » World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)
December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.
Day of death January 4, 2004
The temperature on January 4, 2004 was between -3.6 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 24 » The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
April 8 » War in Darfur: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
October 2 » The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
October 14 » MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.
December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
December 31 » The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670ft).
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Catherine Spry, "Gall/Genseal Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/spry-family-tree/I6504.php : accessed May 9, 2025), "Donald W Smith (1941-2004)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.