Genealogy Slot » Barbera Eisinga (1900-1974)

Day of marriage February 26, 1921

• The temperature on February 26, 1921 was between -1 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
  • May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
  • July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
  • October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
  • November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
  • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

Day of death October 10, 1974

• The temperature on October 10, 1974 was between 1.2 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 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.
  • January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
  • March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
  • March 9 » The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
  • July 15 » In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
  • September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
  • October 8 » Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (b. 1901)
• 1973 » Ludwig von Mises, Ukrainian-American economist and sociologist (b. 1881)
• 1974 » Werner Heyking, Danish actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Mirsada Mirjana Bajraktarević, Bosnian singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 1976 » Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer and actress (b. 1939)
• 1977 » Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (b. 1930)