Family tree Van Engel(s)dorp Gastelaars » Philip Adriaan Verhage (1918-1978)

Day of marriage November 21, 1943

• The temperature on November 21, 1943 was between -4.8 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 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.
  • May 16 » The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
  • July 4 » World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
  • August 17 » World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
  • September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
  • October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
  • November 5 » World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.

Day of death May 29, 1978

• The temperature on May 29, 1978 was between 9.1 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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)
• 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 18 » The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
  • March 16 » Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
  • August 22 » The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
  • September 15 » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
  • October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
  • December 6 » Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » George Harriman, English businessman (b. 1908)
• 1977 » Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1893)
• 1979 » John H. Wood Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists (b. 1892)
• 1982 » Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
• 1983 » Arvīds Pelše, Latvian-Russian historian and politician (b. 1899)