Family tree Van der Velden, Gesink, Blonk, Seijmonsbergen, vd Geur » Lambertus Jan Willem Scheffer (1914-1969)

Day of marriage December 8, 1943

• The temperature on December 8, 1943 was between 0.9 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
  • January 22 » World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona.
  • February 7 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
  • February 18 » World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
  • April 7 » Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation.
  • May 30 » The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.

Day of death August 17, 1969

• The temperature on August 17, 1969 was between 13.5 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 14.3 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • April 22 » The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.
  • May 10 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
  • May 15 » People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
  • May 18 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
  • August 13 » The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
  • October 17 » The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1973 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)