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Personal data Dirk van der Kraan 


Household of Dirk van der Kraan

He is married to Elsiena Helena Steenstra.

They got married on January 29, 1941 at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 37 years old.Source 1

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Historical events

Birthday August 19, 1903

  • The temperature on August 19, 1903 was between 7.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (84%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
    • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
    • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
    • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
    • July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
    • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.

Day of marriage January 29, 1941

  • The temperature on January 29, 1941 was between -6.8 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • January 22 » World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
    • May 8 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
    • July 7 » The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
    • October 17 » World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first US Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
    • October 20 » World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.
    • November 24 » World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.


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About the surname Van der Kraan


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