Family tree Jacobs » Hubertus Cornelis Slenders (1901-1974)

Day of marriage December 24, 1943

• The temperature on December 24, 1943 was between -0.8 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 23 » World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
  • February 18 » World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
  • March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
  • April 13 » World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
  • September 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
  • October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.

Day of death December 31, 1974

• The temperature on December 31, 1974 was between 4.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 4 » The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
  • May 1 » The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
  • May 17 » Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
  • August 8 » President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
  • September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
  • November 23 » Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
• 1972 » Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)
• 1978 » Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)