Stamboom vd Schoot en v Gelder » Elise Josephine Knegtel (1915-1969)

Day of marriage January 21, 1943

• The temperature on January 21, 1943 was between 5.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 29 » World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USSChicago(CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
  • February 22 » World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.
  • March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
  • May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
  • May 13 » World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
  • July 12 » German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.

Day of death April 5, 1969

• The temperature on April 5, 1969 was between 2.2 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • March 25 » During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
  • May 9 » Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
  • August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
  • October 8 » The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
  • October 29 » The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
  • November 20 » Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1968 » Lajos Csordás, Hungarian footballer
• 1969 » Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian SS officer (b. 1903)
• 1969 » Alberto Bonucci, Italian actor and director (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician (b. 1917)