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Personal data Ir.drs. Jan Backer 


Household of Ir.drs. Jan Backer

(1) He is married to Maria Mathilda Augusta Hesselt van Dinter.

They got married on December 22, 1908 at Pijnacker, Gemeente Pijnacker-Nootdorp, South Holland, Netherlands, he was 24 years old.


(2) He is married to Johanna Gesina Gratama.

They got married on October 23, 1948 at Wassenaar, Gemeente Wassenaar, South Holland, Netherlands, he was 63 years old.

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Birthday October 27, 1884

  • The temperature on October 27, 1884 was about 7.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
    • November 1 » The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Day of marriage October 23, 1948

  • The temperature on October 23, 1948 was between 8.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
    • April 3 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5billion in aid for 16 countries.
    • April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
    • April 28 » Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
    • June 16 » Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
    • August 15 » The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north.
    • September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.

Day of death April 26, 1965

  • The temperature on April 26, 1965 was between 0.7 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • February 9 » The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
    • February 17 » Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
    • February 19 » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
    • June 7 » The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, prohibiting the states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
    • July 16 » The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
    • December 16 » Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.


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