Eijsermans family tree » Cornelius Josephus de Bont (1889-1947)

Day of marriage November 9, 1920

• The temperature on November 9, 1920 was between -3.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
  • July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
  • August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
  • August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
  • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
  • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".

Day of death November 10, 1947

• The temperature on November 10, 1947 was between 8.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
  • July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
  • September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
  • October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
  • November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Louis Gustave Binger, French general and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (b. 1862)
• 1946 » Louis Zutter, Swiss gymnast (b. 1856)
• 1956 » Gordon MacQuarrie, American author and journalist (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast and engineer (b. 1875)