Eijsermans family tree » Johanna Dorenbos (1921-1999)

Day of marriage January 17, 1947

• The temperature on January 17, 1947 was between 2.7 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
  • February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
  • February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
  • February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
  • April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
  • October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.

Day of death June 25, 1999

• The temperature on June 25, 1999 was between 6.4 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 15.5 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
  • August 31 » The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
  • November 19 » Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
  • November 25 » A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
  • November 30 » In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
  • December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1995 » Warren E. Burger, Fifteenth Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1907)
• 1996 » Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to South Africa (b. 1914)
• 1997 » Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer (b. 1910)
• 2002 » Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1934)
• 2003 » Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)