Eijsermans family tree » Wilhelmus Johannes van Gestel (1927-)

Birthday August 8, 1927

• The temperature on August 8, 1927 was between 14.7 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). 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 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.
  • February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
  • March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
  • April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
  • May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
  • June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
  • December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.

Source: Wikipedia

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