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Personal data Jan Lodewyk van Niekerk 


Household of Jan Lodewyk van Niekerk

He is married to Elizabeth Jacomina Cronje Dreyer.

They got married

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Historical events

Birthday December 11, 1922

  • The temperature on December 11, 1922 was between 3.9 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • February 2 » Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
    • June 24 » The American Professional Football Association is renamed the National Football League.
    • July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
    • September 13 » The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
    • October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
    • November 15 » At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Day of death August 13, 2009

  • The temperature on August 13, 2009 was between 11.0 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
    • March 11 » Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
    • September 28 » The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1400 people.
    • October 10 » Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side.
    • November 23 » The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines.
    • November 27 » Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1921 » Liz Smith, English actress († 2016)
  • 1922 » Dilip Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1922 » Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet († 2007)
  • 1922 » Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter († 2005)
  • 1922 » Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)

Source: Wikipedia


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