Family tree De Kunder » Jacobus Marinus van der Schraaf (1888-1983)

Day of marriage July 16, 1914

• The temperature on July 16, 1914 was between 11.1 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
  • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
  • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
  • December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
  • December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

Day of death December 1, 1983

• The temperature on December 1, 1983 was between -5.0 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 22 » The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
  • March 11 » Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
  • September 15 » Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
  • October 30 » The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
  • November 17 » The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
  • December 31 » In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.

Day of burial December 5, 1983

• The temperature on December 5, 1983 was between 0.5 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 16 » The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
  • February 23 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
  • February 24 » A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
  • June 2 » After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
  • September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
  • October 21 » The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 1984 » Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (b. 1912)
• 1987 » James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924)
• 1987 » Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1918)
• 1988 » J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (b. 1904)