Eijsermans family tree » Maria Johanna Toonders (1917-1972)

Day of marriage May 17, 1943

• The temperature on May 17, 1943 was between 2.4 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
  • May 30 » The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • September 3 » World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins on the same day that U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign the Armistice of Cassibile aboard the Royal Navy battleship HMSNelson off Malta.
  • October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
  • October 8 » World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
  • November 6 » The 1st Ukrainian Front, led by general Nikolai Vatutin, liberates Kyiv from fascist occupation.

Day of death October 30, 1972

• The temperature on October 30, 1972 was between 5.6 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
  • May 30 » In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
  • June 16 » The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station.
  • September 15 » A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.
  • November 10 » Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.
  • November 11 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)