Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Barend Jacobus Vorster HOFMEYR (1893-1978)

Day of marriage December 29, 1925

• The temperature on December 29, 1925 was between 8.5 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
  • January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
  • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
  • March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
  • April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
  • August 9 » A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India.

Day of death July 11, 1978

• The temperature on July 11, 1978 was between 10.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • February 19 » Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
  • March 23 » The first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line.
  • May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
  • July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
  • August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
  • September 16 » The 7.4 M_w  Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)
• 1983 » Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (b. 1915)