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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 28 » The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
    • April 5 » The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
    • May 19 » The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
    • June 17 » Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
    • August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
    • October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy

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.
    • February 12 » Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
    • April 30 » Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.
    • May 1 » Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
    • June 12 » Analog television stations (excluding low-powered stations) switch to digital television following the DTV Delay Act.
    • October 1 » The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
    • December 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 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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