Eijsermans family tree » Henricus Liberius Graauwmans (1922-1993)

Day of marriage December 22, 1947

• The temperature on December 22, 1947 was between 6.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
  • February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
  • May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
  • October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
  • November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
  • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

Day of death November 21, 1993

• The temperature on November 21, 1993 was between -5.7 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -4.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
  • January 18 » Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.
  • February 28 » The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
  • March 11 » Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
  • March 20 » The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
  • August 9 » The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Kaysone Phomvihane, Laotian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Laos (b. 1920)
• 1992 » Ricky Williams, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1956)
• 1993 » Bill Bixby, American actor (b. 1934)
• 1994 » Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1899)
• 1995 » Peter Grant, English actor and manager (b. 1935)