Eijsermans family tree » Johannes Dames (1875-1953)

Day of marriage July 7, 1907

• The temperature on July 7, 1907 was between 7.3 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

Day of death June 13, 1953

• The temperature on June 13, 1953 was between 12.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 46.7 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
  • April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
  • July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
  • October 1 » A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
  • November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
  • December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.

Day of burial June 15, 1953

• The temperature on June 15, 1953 was between 11.7 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • March 6 » Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
  • June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
  • June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
  • July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
  • October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1943 » Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and activist (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Osamu Dazai, Japanese author (b. 1909)
• 1951 » Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Irving Baxter, American high jumper and pole vaulter (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and theologian (b. 1878)