Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Gerhardus Johannes van ZYL (-1987)

Personal data Gerhardus Johannes van ZYL 

  • He was born.
  • He was christened.
  • He was baptized.
  • He died on July 9, 1987.
  • This information was last updated on August 24, 2010.

Household of Gerhardus Johannes van ZYL

He is married to Susanna Johanna Sophia PRETORIUS.

They got married

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Historical events

Day of death July 9, 1987

  • The temperature on July 9, 1987 was between 10.6 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 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 1987: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
    • March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
    • May 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
    • May 9 » LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
    • October 7 » Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
    • October 21 » The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka, killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
    • November 7 » In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.


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