Family tree Stappers » Johannus Bartholomeus Wouter Stappers (1914-1979)

Day of marriage August 17, 1938

• The temperature on August 17, 1938 was between 13.1 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
  • June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
  • July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
  • October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
  • November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
  • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

Day of death June 22, 1979

• The temperature on June 22, 1979 was between 10.1 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 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 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
  • March 28 » The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
  • June 4 » Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
  • June 20 » ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
  • August 5 » In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
  • December 9 » The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (rinderpest in 2011 being the other).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (b. 1892)
• 1977 » Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1977 » Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)
• 1979 » Louis Chiron, Monégasque race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)