Family tree Eilander » Berend Jan Eikelboom (1890-1968)

Day of marriage February 24, 1917

• The temperature on February 24, 1917 was between -0.5 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. 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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
  • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
  • July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
  • October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
  • October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
  • December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

Day of death June 1, 1968

• The temperature on June 1, 1968 was between 10.0 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
  • May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
  • July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
  • August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
  • October 14 » The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
  • December 31 » The first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
• 1966 » Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1873)
• 1968 » André Laurendeau, Canadian playwright, journalist, and politician (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Helen Keller, American author and activist (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian and academic (b. 1892)