Family tree Pullen » Geesjen Hamberg (1911-1985)

Day of marriage May 8, 1936

• The temperature on May 8, 1936 was between 9.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
  • February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
  • May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
  • October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
  • November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
  • December 21 » First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.

Day of death May 5, 1985

• The temperature on May 5, 1985 was between 5.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. 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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
  • May 20 » Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
  • May 25 » Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
  • July 13 » Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
  • November 13 » The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
  • December 12 » Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.

Day of burial May 9, 1985

• The temperature on May 9, 1985 was between 7.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
  • February 16 » Hezbollah is founded.
  • March 11 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.
  • July 7 » Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
  • July 13 » Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
  • August 23 » Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)
• 1983 » Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
• 1983 » John Williams, English-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)
• 1988 » Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928)