Family tree Pullen » Gerritdina Gerharda "Grada" Nijkamp (1913-1977)

Day of marriage July 24, 1942

• The temperature on July 24, 1942 was between 12.1 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
  • February 27 » World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
  • March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
  • April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSHermes and the Australian destroyer HMASVampire.
  • May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
  • May 27 » World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.

Day of death October 12, 1977

• The temperature on October 12, 1977 was between 5.2 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • March 11 » The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
  • July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
  • July 26 » The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
  • September 10 » Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
  • September 27 » Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
  • December 1 » Pinwheel is launched, which is now Nickelodeon.

Day of burial October 15, 1977

• The temperature on October 15, 1977 was between 4.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
  • January 28 » The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0m) of snow in one day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
  • February 4 » A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
  • March 10 » Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus.
  • May 31 » The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
  • November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian-American illustrator and painter (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Gene Vincent, American musician (b. 1935)
• 1972 » Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor and politician (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (b. 1899)
• 1978 » Nancy Spungen, American figure of the 1970s punk rock scene (b. 1958)