1001 Stambomen en vele Hollandgänger van Johan Scholte » Gradus Hermanus "Gerard" Hemel (1909-1968)

Day of marriage August 31, 1944

• The temperature on August 31, 1944 was between 11.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 6 » World War II: Soviet Air Forces bomb an evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia, destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.
  • June 10 » World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
  • August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
  • October 12 » World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
  • October 25 » Second World War: The USSTang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
  • October 26 » World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.

Day of death January 21, 1968

• The temperature on January 21, 1968 was between -3.1 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 5 » Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring".
  • January 21 » A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
  • April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
  • June 11 » Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
  • September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
  • November 17 » Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1968 » Will Lang, Jr., American journalist (b. 1914)