Eijsermans family tree » Anna Gerarda van den Berg (1922-1983)

Day of marriage June 12, 1947

• The temperature on June 12, 1947 was between 3.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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.
  • January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
  • February 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
  • February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
  • August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
  • August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.

Day of death June 30, 1983

• The temperature on June 30, 1983 was between 12.4 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
  • July 11 » A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.
  • September 6 » The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
  • September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
  • October 12 » Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail.
  • December 31 » In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1973 » Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Alberta Williams King, Civil rights activist (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1898)
• 1984 » Lillian Hellman, American author and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1985 » Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (b. 1933)