Family tree Menting » Jan Wolf (1896-1983)

Day of marriage November 4, 1915

• The temperature on November 4, 1915 was between 2.1 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
  • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
  • April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
  • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
  • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
  • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.

Day of death September 18, 1983

• The temperature on September 18, 1983 was between 10.6 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 11.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
  • March 6 » The first United States Football League games are played.
  • April 7 » During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.
  • May 20 » Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others.
  • June 18 » Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs.
  • July 23 » Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.

Day of cremation September 21, 1983

• The temperature on September 21, 1983 was between 10.6 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 13 » A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
  • July 16 » Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
  • October 25 » The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
  • November 26 » Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
  • December 5 » Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
  • December 17 » Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (b. 1922)
• 1975 » Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (b. 1907)
• 1977 » Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (b. 1888)
• 1980 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890)
• 1987 » Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
• 1988 » Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (b. 1901)