Eijsermans family tree » Wilhelmina "Wilhelmina" Swaanen (1875-1942)

Day of marriage February 14, 1904

• The temperature on February 14, 1904 was between 3.7 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
  • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
  • July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
  • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
  • November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
  • December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

Day of death June 21, 1942

• The temperature on June 21, 1942 was between 7.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 28 » The heavy cruiser USSHouston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMASPerth which lost 375 men.
  • March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces gave ultimatum to Dutch East Indies Governor General Jonkheer Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer and KNIL Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Hein Ter Poorten, to unconditionally surrender.
  • April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
  • April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
  • September 20 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In the course of two days a German Einsatzgruppe murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv.
  • September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.

Day of burial June 23, 1942

• The temperature on June 23, 1942 was between 11.1 °C and 27.5 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
  • February 1 » Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
  • April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSHermes and the Australian destroyer HMASVampire.
  • August 8 » Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
  • October 2 » World War II: Ocean Liner RMSQueen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMSCuracoa, killing 337 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
  • October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1896)