Family tree Familie John, Amesz, van der Genugten Nederland-Duitsland » Hendrik Johannes Amesz (1891-1975)

Day of marriage March 8, 1945

• The temperature on March 8, 1945 was between 3.2 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 25 » World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
  • March 14 » The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany.
  • August 2 » World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.
  • August 9 » The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
  • August 30 » The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
  • December 24 » Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.

Day of death February 2, 1975

• The temperature on February 2, 1975 was between 5.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
  • April 2 » Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
  • April 4 » Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • April 25 » As North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam.
  • May 27 » Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
  • November 11 » Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.

Day of burial February 6, 1975

• The temperature on February 6, 1975 was between -3.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • March 22 » A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
  • May 6 » During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian Genocide.
  • June 5 » The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
  • July 6 » The Comoros declares independence from France.
  • October 10 » Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.
  • October 22 » The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1973 » Hendrik Elias, Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1975 » Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1883)
• 1979 » Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (b. 1957)