Eijsermans family tree » Maria Elisabeth Geerts (1906-1997)

Day of marriage October 20, 1927

• The temperature on October 20, 1927 was between 3.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
  • January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
  • April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
  • August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
  • August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
  • December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.

Day of death May 22, 1997

• The temperature on May 22, 1997 was between 8.3 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
  • July 27 » About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
  • August 29 » Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
  • September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.
  • October 15 » The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
  • December 11 » The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1997 » Alfred Hershey, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (b. 1906)
• 1998 » John Derek, American actor, director, and photographer (b. 1926)
• 1998 » José Enrique Moyal, Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1916)