Family tree Van de Kerkhof (Lieshout) » Antonius Cornelis van der Meerakker (1914-1983)

Day of death August 2, 1983

• The temperature on August 2, 1983 was between 10.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • May 17 » The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2million pounds [1.9kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
  • June 2 » After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
  • July 7 » Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
  • July 24 » George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".
  • August 21 » Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
  • September 12 » The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.

Day of burial August 5, 1983

• The temperature on August 5, 1983 was between 13.0 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • January 18 » The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
  • March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
  • April 12 » Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
  • April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
  • November 17 » The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
  • December 7 » An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Antony Noghès, French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (b. 1890)
• 1978 » Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1979 » Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
• 1981 » Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)
• 1983 » James Jamerson, American bass player (b. 1936)
• 1986 » Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)