Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Stephanus Johannes HOFMEYR (1904-1978)

Day of marriage September 7, 1935

• The temperature on September 7, 1935 was between 6.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • February 13 » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
  • February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
  • July 5 » The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • July 24 » The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee.
  • August 31 » In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
  • October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.

Day of death June 24, 1978

• The temperature on June 24, 1978 was between 9.0 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
  • February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
  • February 17 » The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
  • March 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
  • May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
  • November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1980 » V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (b. 1894)
• 1984 » Clarence Campbell, Canadian businessman (b. 1905)