Eijsermans family tree » Emma Martina Julia Slegers (1915-1996)

Christening day November 5, 1915

• The temperature on November 5, 1915 was between 1.1 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
  • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
  • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
  • September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

Day of death April 3, 1996

• The temperature on April 3, 1996 was between -1.8 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
  • January 27 » In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
  • March 25 » The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
  • April 24 » In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
  • September 21 » The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
  • November 5 » Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
  • December 27 » Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Pinky Lee, American television host (b. 1907)
• 1994 » Frank Wells, American businessman (b. 1932)
• 1995 » Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman, co-founded Canadian Tire (b. 1902)
• 1996 » Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941)
• 1998 » Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1999 » Lionel Bart, English composer (b. 1930)