Eijsermans family tree » Dirk Roelof (Dick) Avis (1920-1969)

Day of marriage February 25, 1949

• The temperature on February 25, 1949 was between 2.8 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
  • April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
  • July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
  • July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
  • October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
  • October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
  • November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.

Day of death July 4, 1969

• The temperature on July 4, 1969 was between 10.7 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
  • March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
  • April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
  • May 17 » Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
  • June 23 » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
  • August 9 » Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1964 » Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (b. 1893)
• 1969 » Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (b. 1890)
• 1970 » Barnett Newman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)
• 1971 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author (b. 1909)
• 1971 » Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (b. 1877)