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Zaandam 20 april 1909 - Zaandam 18 september 1975
Raadslid vanaf 1935 van de gemeente Zaandam en wethouder vanaf 1956 tot 1974.
Dirk Metselaar werd op twaalfjarige leeftijd lid van de Arbeiders Jeugd Centrale. Zes jaar later werd hij lid van de SDAP, en weer zes jaar later werd hij penningmeester van de afdeling Zaandam van deze partij. In september 1935 kwam hij, 26 jaar oud, in de gemeenteraad van Zaandam. Hij bleef daarin zitting houden tot de ontbinding van de raad door de Duitsers in februari 1941.
Na de oorlog kwam hij onmiddellijk terug in de noodgemeenteraad. In november 1956 werd hij wethouder voor de PvdA. Hij verkocht toen zijn groentehandel aan de Zuiddijk. Metselaar zou wethouder van Zaandam blijven tot deze gemeente opging in Zaanstad. Onder zijn verantwoordelijkheid hadden de grote uitbreidingen van Zaandam plaats. De woonwijken De Vijfhoek, Poelenburg, Peldersveld en Hoornseveld kwamen tot stand en de doorbraak van het stadscentrum via de Beatrixbrug en de Peperstraat werd gerealiseerd.
Voorts was Metselaar één van de stuwende krachten achter de bouw van de Zaanse Schans en was hij voorzitter van de commissie, die het Erasmushuis liet bouwen (zie: Bejaardenzorg
Bejaardenzorg
Bejaardenzorg Welzijnszorg specifiek toegespitst op bejaarden; verschoven van particulieren en/of kerkelijke instanties naar de overheid. Bejaardenzorg als aparte welzijnszorg ontstond voor het eerst duidelijk na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. In de 19e eeuw en daarvoor maakte de bejaardenzorg deel uit van de algemene armenzorg (zie: ...
). Bij zijn afscheid werd hij benoemd tot ereburger van Zaandam. Naar zijn naam is in industriegebied Achtersluispolder de Dirk Metselaarhaven gegraven.

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Klaas Metselaar
1844-????
Grietje Fraij
1846-????
Klaas Ploeger
1832-????
Trijntje Peetoom
1834-????

Dirk Metselaar
1909-1975


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    Birthday April 20, 1909

    • The temperature on April 20, 1909 was between 7.5 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
      • January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
      • January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
      • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
      • February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
      • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
      • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.

    Day of death September 18, 1975

    • The temperature on September 18, 1975 was between 10.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
      • April 28 » General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.
      • June 25 » Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.
      • July 5 » Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
      • November 7 » In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman.
      • November 10 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.
      • December 6 » The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.
    

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