Genealogy De Groot » Dirkje "Dit" Hortensius (1925-2019)

Personal data Dirkje "Dit" Hortensius 


Household of Dirkje "Dit" Hortensius

She is married to Cornelis Louis de Groot.

They got married on May 6, 1947 at Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, she was 21 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday September 15, 1925

  • The temperature on September 15, 1925 was between 2.7 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
    • March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
    • April 4 » The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.
    • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
    • November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
    • December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

Day of marriage May 6, 1947

  • The temperature on May 6, 1947 was between 5.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
    • February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
    • March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
    • July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
    • August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
    • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.


Same birth/death day

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Source: Wikipedia

  • 2015 » Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947)
  • 2016 » João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1916)
  • 2016 » John McLaughlin, American television personality (b. 1927)
  • 2018 » Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
  • 2018 » Wakako Yamauchi, American-Japanese writer (b. 1924)
  • 2019 » Peter Fonda, American actor, director, and screenwriter. (b. 1940)

About the surname Hortensius


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