Eijsermans family tree » Maria "Maria" Brakenhoff (1896-1958)

Day of death January 18, 1958

• The temperature on January 18, 1958 was between 0.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
  • October 11 » NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
  • October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
  • October 28 » John XXIII is elected Pope.
  • December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
  • December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

Day of burial January 20, 1958

• The temperature on January 20, 1958 was between -2.1 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
  • January 23 » After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
  • February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
  • March 17 » The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite.
  • October 1 » The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
  • October 2 » Guinea declares its independence from France.

Source: Wikipedia

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