Eijsermans family tree » Cornelis Hendrikus van Opstal (1903-1977)

Day of marriage August 10, 1925

• The temperature on August 10, 1925 was between 16.1 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 18.5 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
  • February 2 » Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
  • March 18 » The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
  • May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
  • July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
  • October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

Day of death November 22, 1977

• The temperature on November 22, 1977 was between 1.2 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • March 23 » The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
  • May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
  • June 15 » After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections took place in Spain.
  • July 13 » New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
  • August 3 » Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
  • August 18 » Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (b. 1936)
• 1980 » Jules Léger, Canadian journalist and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1913)
• 1980 » Mae West, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1901)
• 1981 » Hans Adolf Krebs, German-English physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (b. 1910)