Family tree Diverse » Harm Kroeze (1920-1988)

Day of marriage July 7, 1943

• The temperature on July 7, 1943 was between 8.6 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • April 7 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Terebovlia, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress and march through the city to the nearby village of Plebanivka, where they are shot and buried in ditches.
  • June 20 » World War II: The Royal Air Force launches Operation Bellicose, the first shuttle bombing raid of the war. Lancaster bombers damage the V-2 rocket production facilities at the Zeppelin Works while en route to an air base in Algeria.
  • July 10 » World War II: Operation Husky begins in Sicily.
  • August 2 » World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
  • September 16 » World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
  • November 16 » World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.

Day of death September 11, 1988

• The temperature on September 11, 1988 was between 8.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 16 » The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
  • June 19 » Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.
  • August 8 » The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
  • August 10 » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
  • August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
  • October 19 » The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.

Day of burial September 15, 1988

• The temperature on September 15, 1988 was between 10.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • April 4 » Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
  • April 28 » Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
  • May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
  • October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
  • November 2 » The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
  • December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Noel Streatfeild, English author (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek academic and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and educator (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1988 » Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (b. 1935)