Family tree Kurvers » Johannes Wilhelmus Marie Pijpers (1917-1978)

Day of marriage July 8, 1942

• The temperature on July 8, 1942 was between 12.9 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • March 5 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
  • March 18 » The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
  • April 26 » Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
  • June 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
  • July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
  • December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.

Day of death July 20, 1978

• The temperature on July 20, 1978 was between 12.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
• 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 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
  • April 1 » The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
  • June 1 » The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
  • June 28 » The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.
  • July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (b. 1900)
• 1974 » Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director, composer and folk artist. (b. 1912)
• 1976 » Joseph Rochefort, American captain and cryptanalyst (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (b. 1939)
• 1980 » Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) potter (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Kostas Choumis, Greek-Romanian footballer (b. 1913)