Stamboom Eijsermans » Maria Anna Bierens (± 1876-1950)

Day of death August 10, 1950

• The temperature on August 10, 1950 was between 13.5 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
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  • March 1 » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
  • May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
  • June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
  • August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
  • August 29 » Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.

Source: Wikipedia

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