Genealogy Harssema » Zwaantje WEITS (1911-1972)

Personal data Zwaantje WEITS 

  • She was born on August 31, 1911 in Gasselternijveenschemond (Gasselte) Drenthe Netherlands.
  • She died on April 21, 1972 in Erica (Emmen) Drenthe Netherlands, she was 60 years old.
  • A child of Sebo WEITS and Bouwina STUIT
  • This information was last updated on January 11, 2013.

Household of Zwaantje WEITS

She is married to Otto SMOOK.

They got married on May 12, 1937, she was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Sebo Otto SMOOK  1940-1944
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Historical events

Birthday August 31, 1911

  • The temperature on August 31, 1911 was between 5.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
    • May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
    • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
    • July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
    • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
    • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

Day of marriage May 12, 1937

  • The temperature on May 12, 1937 was between 9.6 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
    • March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
    • August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
    • September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
    • December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
    • December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

Day of death April 21, 1972

  • The temperature on April 21, 1972 was between 2.4 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • January 13 » Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
    • March 3 » Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
    • April 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
    • June 18 » Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H.S. Trident crashes two minutes after take off from London's Heathrow Airport.
    • September 4 » Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
    • November 29 » Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1909 » Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist († 2008)
  • 1911 » Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader († 1970)
  • 1911 » Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician († 1998)
  • 1913 » Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer († 2012)
  • 1913 » Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer († 2009)

Source: Wikipedia


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