Eijsermans family tree » Emma Maria Cornelia van Puijenbroek (1894-1940)

Day of marriage February 5, 1919

• The temperature on February 5, 1919 was between -2.3 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
  • February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
  • July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
  • July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
  • December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.
  • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

Day of death June 28, 1940

• The temperature on June 28, 1940 was between 3.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • April 9 » World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
  • May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
  • June 3 » Franz Rademacher proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
  • August 31 » Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
  • September 15 » World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
  • October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Alexander Berkman, American author and activist († 1870)
• 1939 » Douglas H. Johnston, governor of the Chickasaw Nation (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician (b. 1896)
• 1944 » Friedrich Dollmann, German general (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (b. 1875)