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Household of Nicolaas van Gaal

He is married to Antonia Meeuwis.

They got married on January 14, 1944 at Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 1

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Nicolaas van Gaal

Nicolaas Bernarts
1840-1918
Wilhelmina Corstens
1843-1912

Nicolaas van Gaal
1919-1974

1944

Antonia Meeuwis
1917-1990


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Historical events

Birthday October 15, 1919

  • The temperature on October 15, 1919 was between 1.3 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
    • September 11 » United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
    • September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
    • September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
    • October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
    • October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.

Day of marriage January 14, 1944

  • The temperature on January 14, 1944 was between 1.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 27 » World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
    • April 28 » World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
    • June 20 » The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
    • August 9 » The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
    • September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
    • November 26 » World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.

Day of death November 8, 1974

  • The temperature on November 8, 1974 was between -0.7 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • February 4 » M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
    • March 29 » Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
    • April 25 » Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
    • August 4 » A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
    • August 7 » Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417m) in the air.
    • September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1919 » Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver († 1995)
  • 1919 » Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist († 1985)
  • 1920 » Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor († 2012)
  • 1920 » Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
  • 1920 » Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter († 1999)
  • 1920 » Patricia Jessel, Hong Kong-English actress († 1968)

Source: Wikipedia


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