Eijsermans family tree » Maria Elisabeth Petronella Vosters (1892-1978)

Day of death April 10, 1978

• The temperature on April 10, 1978 was between 2.7 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • February 9 » The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • June 22 » Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
  • September 19 » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
  • November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
  • November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.

Day of burial April 13, 1978

• The temperature on April 13, 1978 was between 1.8 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
  • May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
  • June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
  • August 22 » The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
  • October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
  • December 10 » Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
• 1975 » Walker Evans, American photographer (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Hjalmar Mäe, Estonian politician (b. 1901)
• 1979 » Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
• 1980 » Kay Medford, American actress and singer (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (b. 1899)