Eijsermans family tree » Leopold Slegers (1913-1988)

Christening day August 21, 1913

• The temperature on August 21, 1913 was between 9.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
  • March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
  • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
  • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.

Day of death February 22, 1988

• The temperature on February 22, 1988 was between 0.8 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • May 8 » A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".
  • May 16 » A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
  • August 21 » The 6.9 M_w  Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
  • August 28 » Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
  • September 13 » Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
  • September 29 » NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1985 » Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1985 » Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
• 1986 » John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
• 1987 » Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)
• 1992 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (b. 1906)