FutureHistory » Joannes Baptist "Jean" (Joannes Baptist "Jean") Pauwels (1921-1988)

Day of marriage July 18, 1942

• The temperature on July 18, 1942 was between 12.0 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). 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 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.
  • February 28 » The heavy cruiser USSHouston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMASPerth which lost 375 men.
  • April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
  • May 10 » World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
  • June 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
  • July 1 » The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of income tax in Australia as State Income Tax is abolished.
  • September 26 » Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".

Day of death July 29, 1988

• The temperature on July 29, 1988 was between 13.6 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
  • September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
  • September 13 » Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
  • October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
  • November 16 » The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
  • November 18 » War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.

Source: Wikipedia

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