Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Minke Heerkes "Minnie" Veenstra (Venstra) (1895-1958)
Personal data Minke Heerkes "Minnie" Veenstra (Venstra)
- Nickname is Minnie.
- She was born on September 25, 1895 in Surhuisterveen.
- She died on April 29, 1958 in Seattle - Washington (USA), she was 62 years old.
- She is buried in Lake Forest Park-Washington (USA).
- A child of Heerke Veenstra and Etje Gall
- This information was last updated on January 10, 2021.
Household of Minke Heerkes "Minnie" Veenstra (Venstra)
She is married to Lawrence Jean Haight.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Fred Henry Haight 1917-2003
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Historical events
Birthday September 25, 1895
- The temperature on September 25, 1895 was about 16.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
- April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
- May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
- June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
- August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
- December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
Day of death April 29, 1958
- The temperature on April 29, 1958 was between 2.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
- January 23 » After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
- March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
- March 17 » The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite.
- May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
- August 23 » Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
- December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
Same birth/death day
- 1893 » Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician († 1985)
- 1896 » Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy († 1990)
- 1897 » William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1962)
- 1898 » Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator († 1980)
- 1899 » Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter († 1981)
- 1900 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician († 1937)
- 1951 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
- 1954 » Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1872)
- 1956 » Harold Bride, English soldier and operator (b. 1890)
- 1956 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)
- 1959 » Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, India-born English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)
- 1964 » Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (b. 1905)
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Helma Bovenschen-van Gelderen, "Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/genealogie-bovenschen/I136268.php : accessed June 9, 2024), "Minke Heerkes "Minnie" Veenstra (Venstra) (1895-1958)".