Family tree Schaaf » Harm Schaaf (1925-1992)

Day of marriage March 1, 1947

• The temperature on March 1, 1947 was between -6.1 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
  • October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
  • October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
  • October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
  • November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

Day of death May 24, 1992

• The temperature on May 24, 1992 was between 13.4 °C and 27.7 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France killing 87 of the 96 people on board.
  • February 1 » The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
  • May 7 » Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada.
  • July 22 » Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
  • September 14 » The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
  • September 16 » Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.

Day of burial May 29, 1992

• The temperature on May 29, 1992 was between 14.0 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • April 2 » Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • April 12 » The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.
  • May 13 » Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
  • September 2 » The 7.7 M_w  Nicaragua earthquake affected the west coast of Nicaragua. With a M_s–M_w disparity of half a unit, this tsunami earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused most of the damage and casualties, with at least 116 killed. Typical runup heights were 3–8 meters (9.8–26.2ft).
  • September 11 » Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
  • September 25 » NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (b. 1909)
• 1990 » Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1992 » Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (b. 1956)
• 1995 » Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
• 1996 » Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934)