Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Heiltje Jacoba Susanna PRETORIUS (1877-1970)

Christening day September 23, 1877

• The temperature on September 23, 1877 was about 9.3 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 20 » The last day of the Constantinople Conference results in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
  • March 15 » First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
  • April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
  • May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
  • June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
  • November 24 » Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.

Day of death July 14, 1970

• The temperature on July 14, 1970 was between 10.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 32.8 mm of rain during 15.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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)
• 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
  • September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
  • September 30 » Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
  • October 9 » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
  • October 17 » FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
  • November 21 » Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1900)
• 1966 » Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1970 » Preston Foster, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1974 » Carl Spaatz, American World War II general; commander of the Strategic Air Forces in Europe (b. 1891)