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Household of Jan Sillje
Notes about Jan Sillje
he was a plasterer (1919). He married (1) on August 30, 1919 in Slochteren (GR) to Louisa Tuinema from Slochteren, daughter of Enne Tuinema & Maria Schröder. He married as Jan Palland. Surname is later corrected. He married (2) on July 2, 1932 in Sappemeer (GR) to Trientje Wichgers, 34 yrs from Bedum (GR), daughter of Meint Jakobs Wichgers & Trientje van Bruggen
The temperature on July 25, 1889 was about 14.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 64 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
Day of death August 9, 1957
The temperature on August 9, 1957 was between 14.1 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
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