Family tree Van Engel(s)dorp Gastelaars » Elizabeth Kodde (1885-1980)

Day of marriage March 2, 1906

• The temperature on March 2, 1906 was between 0.2 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
  • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
  • July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
  • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.

Day of death May 7, 1980

• The temperature on May 7, 1980 was between 7.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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)
• 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 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 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
  • March 21 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War.
  • August 27 » A massive bomb planted by extortionist John Birges explodes at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada after a failed disarming attempt by the FBI. Although the hotel is damaged, no one is injured.
  • October 10 » The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
  • October 30 » El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.
  • December 1 » Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Mexico, becomes a city.

Day of burial May 10, 1980

• The temperature on May 10, 1980 was between 0.6 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (94%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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)
• 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 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 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
  • May 18 » Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
  • September 11 » A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
  • September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.
  • September 30 » Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
  • December 2 » Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (b. 1884)
• 1978 » Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
• 1987 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)
• 1990 » Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)