Eijsermans family tree » Anna Maria de Jong (1893-1938)

Day of marriage October 15, 1919

• The temperature on October 15, 1919 was between 1.3 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (17%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
  • February 11 » Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
  • May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
  • June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
  • November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
  • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

Day of death August 25, 1938

• The temperature on August 25, 1938 was between 5.6 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
  • March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
  • March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
  • July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
  • July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
  • August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1931 » Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1940 » Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 » John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)