Database Langton / Lengton / Lington - Heil - Rahder » Willem Bijl (1921-2001)

Personal data Willem Bijl 

  • He was born on March 18, 1921 in Hendrik Ido Ambacht.
  • Profession: gemeente ambtenaar.
  • He died on August 30, 2001 in Vlaardingen, he was 80 years old.
  • This information was last updated on December 17, 2022.

Household of Willem Bijl

He is married to Cornelia Francina Lengton.

They got married on June 1, 1949 at Vlaardingen, he was 28 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday March 18, 1921

  • The temperature on March 18, 1921 was between 2.4 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
    • January 9 » Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
    • January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
    • February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
    • June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
    • July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
    • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

Day of death August 30, 2001

  • The temperature on August 30, 2001 was between 10.2 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
    • January 20 » President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
    • February 15 » The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
    • February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
    • June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
    • June 23 » The 8.4 Mw  southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
    • September 27 » In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.


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