Eijsermans family tree » Gerardus Hubertus Boonstra (1919-1986)

Day of marriage October 8, 1942

• The temperature on October 8, 1942 was between 8.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 21.4 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 12 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
  • January 19 » World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
  • June 7 » World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
  • August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
  • September 5 » World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
  • November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.

Day of death October 7, 1986

• The temperature on October 7, 1986 was between 9.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The 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 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 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 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
  • April 5 » Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.
  • April 29 » A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
  • May 19 » The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
  • July 9 » The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
  • October 5 » Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Beatrice Hutton, Australian architect (b. 1893)
• 1990 » Chiara Badano, Italian beatified (b.1971)
• 1991 » Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)