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16C1R from Atte Harcoz Siccama (ca 1360 - bef 1440).
19th Cousin from Yo Siccama (ca 1298 - ?).

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jacob POLSTRA

Jan Tjeerds POLSTRA
1827-1897
Hiltje Douwes HIEMSTRA
1832-1897
Ebertus VELTMAN
????-
Gepke NIESTERN
????-
Hendrikje VELTMAN
± 1869-????

Jacob POLSTRA
1903-1980


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Historical events

Birthday January 17, 1903

  • The temperature on January 17, 1903 was between -5.1 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (70%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
    • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
    • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
    • September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
    • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
    • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Day of death November 20, 1980

  • The temperature on November 20, 1980 was between 8.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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)
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
    • March 4 » Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
    • March 31 » The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
    • April 30 » The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
    • September 12 » Military coup in Turkey.
    • November 21 » A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1901 » Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author († 1973)
  • 1904 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator († 1969)
  • 1905 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic († 1950)
  • 1905 » Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1966)
  • 1905 » Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2007)
  • 1905 » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player († 2005)

Source: Wikipedia


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