Family tree Van Leeuwen - Amsterdam » GERARDUS WILLEM (PIM) van LEEUWEN (1916-1977)

Day of marriage July 28, 1945

• The temperature on July 28, 1945 was between 10.3 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland.
  • March 10 » World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
  • April 20 » Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
  • May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
  • August 6 » World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
  • October 18 » The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Day of death November 18, 1977

• The temperature on November 18, 1977 was between 2.1 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Capital punishment in the United States resumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah.
  • March 4 » The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania.
  • March 27 » Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.
  • May 18 » Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of Israel.
  • June 26 » Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
  • December 18 » United Airlines Flight 2860 crashes near Kaysville, Utah, killing all three crew members on board.

Day of cremation November 23, 1977

• The temperature on November 23, 1977 was between 3.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • April 7 » German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver are shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light.
  • April 22 » Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
  • May 14 » A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport (now Kenneth Kaunda International Airport) in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.
  • May 17 » Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's in San Jose, California.
  • June 30 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
  • July 20 » The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (b. 1931)
• 1978 » Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (b. 1925)
• 1979 » Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1901)
• 1980 » Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (b. 1895)