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Household of Willemke Postma
Notes about Willemke Postma
she married on Ocober 25, 1890 in Kollumerland (FR) to Tjitze Kooistra from Burum, son of Minne Kooistra & Geertruida Lollinga. They immigrated with three children on May 10th, 1913 on SS Rotterdam IV from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Grand Rapids
The temperature on August 3, 1869 was about 15.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
January 27 » Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
October 5 » The Hennepin Island tunnel collapses during construction, nearly destroying St. Anthony Falls.
November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
Day of death September 3, 1927
The temperature on September 3, 1927 was between 15.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
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