Eijsermans family tree » Gerardus Jacobus Johannes Schoonings (1931-2009)

Birthday February 23, 1931

• The temperature on February 23, 1931 was between -1.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
  • March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
  • March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
  • May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
  • September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.

Source: Wikipedia

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