Eijsermans family tree » Wilhelmus Joseph Smeekens (1924-2010)

Day of marriage March 29, 1974

• The temperature on March 29, 1974 was between 5.0 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 4 » M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
  • May 9 » Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
  • June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
  • August 4 » A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
  • August 15 » Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung-hee.
  • December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.

Day of death January 7, 2010

• The temperature on January 7, 2010 was between -10.0 °C and -2.1 °C and averaged -4.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
  • April 20 » The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
  • May 28 » In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.
  • August 24 » In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.
  • November 19 » The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.
  • December 17 » Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and author (b. 1912)
• 2007 » Bobby Hamilton, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1957)
• 2007 » Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist, author, and academic (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Alwyn Schlebusch, South African academic and politician, Vice State President of South Africa (b. 1917)
• 2012 » Tony Blankley, British-born American child actor, journalist and pundit (b. 1948)
• 2014 » Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (b. 1907)