Eijsermans family tree » Cornelis Johannes Franciscus Trommelen (1926-1968)

Day of marriage August 23, 1952

• The temperature on August 23, 1952 was between 8.2 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
  • June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
  • August 15 » A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
  • September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
  • November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
  • November 25 » Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".

Day of death May 29, 1968

• The temperature on May 29, 1968 was between 11.4 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
  • March 17 » As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
  • March 31 » American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
  • August 13 » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
  • October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
  • October 14 » The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Ignace Lepp, Estonian-French priest and psychologist (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Eva Hesse, American artist (b. 1936)
• 1970 » John Gunther, American journalist and author (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Moe Berg, American baseball player, coach, and spy (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (b. 1878)