GJ Tree » Esther Chwojnik (1918-2001)
Personal data Esther Chwojnik
- She was born on October 20, 1918 in Ruzhany.
- Resident:
- Kibbutz Gal-On, Israel.
- (Fact 1) .
During WWII, Esther fled to Russia. She immigrated to Israel on the famous ship "Exodus".
- (Fact 2) .
She was allowed to enter Israel because she was pregnant (with Gadi).
- She died on December 22, 2001 in Kibbutz Gal-On, she was 83 years old.
- She is buried in Kibbutz Gal-On.
- A child of Fishel Chwojnik and Chaya Rosochovsky
Household of Esther Chwojnik
She is married to Jacob Chover.
They got married in the year 1946, she was 27 years old.
Child(ren):
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Notes about Esther Chwojnik
Fishel and Chaya planned to immigrate to Canada but died before fulfilling this.
Esther and her 3 brothers were distributed among their aunts/uncles.
Esther lived with Cirel. Cirel and her family immigrated to the USA in 1947.
But Esther decided to go on her own and immigrated to Israel with her husband Jacob, who she married in 1946.
Esther's brother Chaim David went to Canada and later immigrated to Israel after a few years, to Kfar Menachem.
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Historical events
Birthday October 20, 1918
- The temperature on October 20, 1918 was between 10.3 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
- April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
- May 9 » World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
- August 16 » The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
- August 27 » Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
- October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
- December 14 » Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.
Day of death December 22, 2001
- The temperature on December 22, 2001 was between -3.0 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
- May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
- July 21 » At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri Station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
- September 11 » The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated suicide attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
- October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
- October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
- November 12 » War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
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