Family tree Eussen » Ida Maria EUSSEN (1914-1986)

Day of marriage August 20, 1940

• The temperature on August 20, 1940 was between 7.3 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 17.6 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
  • June 17 » World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
  • September 18 » World War II: The British liner SSCity of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
  • October 14 » World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
  • October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
  • December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.

Day of death December 20, 1986

• The temperature on December 20, 1986 was between 1.8 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • February 8 » Hinton train collision: Twenty-three people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a 118-car Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, west of Edmonton. It is the worst rail accident in Canada until the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec derailment in 2013 which killed forty-seven people.
  • April 5 » Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.
  • September 7 » Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
  • September 28 » The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.
  • October 27 » The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
  • November 21 » National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair.

Day of burial December 24, 1986

• The temperature on December 24, 1986 was between -3.8 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • March 7 » Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSPreserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
  • April 1 » Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
  • August 31 » The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
  • September 7 » Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
  • November 29 » The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.
  • December 23 » Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Dmitry Ustinov, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1976-84) (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Stanley Milgram, American psychologist and academic (b. 1933)
• 1986 » Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959)
• 1991 » Simone Beck, French chef and author (b. 1904)