Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Pulcher Francoise Uliviette Rorich PRETORIUS (1882-1959)

Christening day August 27, 1882

• The temperature on August 27, 1882 was about 13.5 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
  • May 6 » Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
  • June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
  • July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
  • September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
  • September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.

Day of marriage February 22, 1921

• The temperature on February 22, 1921 was between -0.4 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion began, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
  • March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
  • April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
  • May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
  • May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
  • October 29 » United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.

Day of death September 21, 1959

• The temperature on September 21, 1959 was between 3.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
  • June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
  • July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
  • August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
  • September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
  • November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1956 » Bill Struth, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (b. 1914)
• 1961 » Ed Oliver, American golfer (b. 1915)
• 1962 » Bo Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Paulino Masip, Spanish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1899)