Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Elizabeth Catherine Raigner HOFMEYR (1943-1986)

Day of marriage July 30, 1965

• The temperature on July 30, 1965 was between 8.1 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • February 15 » A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
  • February 19 » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
  • March 8 » Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
  • March 19 » The wreck of the SSGeorgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
  • September 9 » Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
  • December 21 » International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.

Day of death October 18, 1986

• The temperature on October 18, 1986 was between 8.5 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 13 » A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
  • March 7 » Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSPreserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
  • May 7 » Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
  • May 26 » The European Community adopts the European flag.
  • October 10 » A 5.7 M_w  San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
  • October 11 » Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Dwain Esper, American director and producer (b. 1892)
• 1983 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Willie Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1984 » Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 1988 » Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)