Eijsermans family tree » Anna Maria Marieke "Anna" Valkenaars (1890-1955)

Day of death November 4, 1955

• The temperature on November 4, 1955 was between 9.7 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
  • February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
  • April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
  • May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
  • September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
  • November 1 » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.

Day of burial November 6, 1955

• The temperature on November 6, 1955 was between 9.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
  • July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
  • August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
  • October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
  • December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  • December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.

Source: Wikipedia

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