Eijsermans family tree » Theodorus Joannes Maria Staps (1922-1999)

Day of marriage April 20, 1949

• The temperature on April 20, 1949 was between 4.0 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
  • April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
  • June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
  • July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
  • August 31 » The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
  • September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.

Day of death May 17, 1999

• The temperature on May 17, 1999 was between 8.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 23 » Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
  • May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
  • May 7 » In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
  • August 17 » The 7.6 M_w  İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
  • August 19 » In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
  • October 31 » Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966)
• 1999 » Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian trumpet player and producer (b. 1949)
• 1999 » Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (b. 1966)
• 2000 » Donald Coggan, English archbishop (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (b. 1928)