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Personal data Elmar du Plessies 


Household of Elmar du Plessies

(1) He is married to Martha Ryna Naude "Marryn" Hattingh.

They got married on August 5, 1961 at Potcefstroom transvaal South Africa, he was 22 years old.


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(2) He is married to Annette Lerine Steenkamp.

They got married on December 8, 1973 at Johannesburg, Transvaal, Suid-Afrika, he was 34 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday May 13, 1939

  • The temperature on May 13, 1939 was between 6.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
    • March 1 » An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
    • March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
    • October 6 » World War II: The Battle of Kock is the final combat of the September Campaign in Poland.
    • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
    • December 22 » Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.

Day of marriage December 8, 1973

  • The temperature on December 8, 1973 was between -0.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1973: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.
    • March 25 » Ireland gets a new newspaper called Sunday World.
    • June 24 » The UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, is attacked by an arsonist during a church service, and 32 people die from smoke inhalation or fire.
    • August 14 » The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
    • September 24 » Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
    • October 10 » U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

Day of death March 11, 2015

  • The temperature on March 11, 2015 was between -2.0 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2015: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.9 million citizens.
    • July 23 » NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by Kepler.
    • September 24 » At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
    • November 5 » An iron ore tailings dam bursts in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and causing at least 17 deaths and two missing.
    • November 12 » Two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.
    • November 24 » A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is shot down by the Turkish Air Force over the Syria-Turkey border, killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort.
    • December 4 » A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people.


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About the surname Du Plessies


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