Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Anna Elizabeth HOFMEYR (1904-1985)

Day of marriage October 6, 1931

• The temperature on October 6, 1931 was between 6.7 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
  • March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
  • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
  • November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.
  • December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

Day of death August 17, 1985

• The temperature on August 17, 1985 was between 9.5 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 20.7 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). 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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • April 19 » Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
  • September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
  • September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
  • October 7 » Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MSAchille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.
  • November 15 » A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
  • December 8 » The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896)
• 1987 » Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924)
• 1987 » Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician (b. 1894)
• 1987 » Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1988 » Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
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