Stamboom Blokland-Honkoop-Bijl-Stokdijk » Pieter Bijl (1912-1978)

Day of marriage April 29, 1942

• The temperature on April 29, 1942 was between 3.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 11 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
  • May 12 » World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
  • October 2 » World War II: Ocean Liner RMSQueen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSCuracoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
  • October 6 » World War II: American troops force the Japanese from their positions east of the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal.
  • October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
  • November 1 » World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.

Day of death March 22, 1978

• The temperature on March 22, 1978 was between -0.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • April 14 » Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
  • May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
  • June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
  • June 25 » The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
  • July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
  • December 11 » The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)
• 1977 » A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)
• 1978 » Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)
• 1979 » Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (b. 1901)
• 1981 » Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1907)
• 1981 » James Elliott, American runner and coach (b. 1915)