Eijsermans family tree » Adrianus Johannes "Janus" Waterschoot (1922-1997)

Day of marriage February 17, 1954

• The temperature on February 17, 1954 was between -2.6 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
  • June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
  • July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
  • August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
  • September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
  • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

Day of death May 25, 1997

• The temperature on May 25, 1997 was between 5.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
  • May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
  • July 19 » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
  • July 27 » About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
  • August 7 » Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.

Day of burial May 28, 1997

• The temperature on May 28, 1997 was between 7.0 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • May 25 » A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
  • September 26 » A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
  • September 26 » An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
  • October 10 » Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.
  • October 12 » The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
  • December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Vic Tayback, American actor (b. 1930)
• 1995 » Élie Bayol, French racing driver (b. 1914)
• 1995 » Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
• 1995 » Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player and coach, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer 1996 (b. 1948)
• 1996 » Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (b. 1929)
• 2003 » Sloan Wilson, American author and poet (b. 1920)