Family tree De Lange-Kranz » Johanna Maria Hendrika "Jo" van der Horst (1898-1984)

Day of marriage May 6, 1942

• The temperature on May 6, 1942 was between 5.1 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • February 1 » Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
  • March 3 » World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
  • May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
  • June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
  • July 4 » World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
  • July 10 » World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.

Day of death November 24, 1984

• The temperature on November 24, 1984 was between 9.0 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 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 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • March 6 » In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority of the country's miners.
  • June 18 » A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
  • June 22 » Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
  • August 30 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
  • September 5 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
  • October 16 » Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » George Raft, American actor and dancer (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer and academic (b. 1902)
• 1980 » Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
• 1980 » Molly Reilly, Canadian aviator (b. 1922)
• 1982 » Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist and academic, father of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (b. 1936)
• 1987 » Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1904)