Parentele of Geurt Jacobs » Willem de Vries (1924-2017)

Personal data Willem de Vries 


Household of Willem de Vries

He is married to Grietje van den Top.

They got married on April 24, 1947, he was 23 years old.


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Willem de Vries
1924-2017

1947

Grietje van den Top
1926-2012

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Historical events

Birthday January 10, 1924

  • The temperature on January 10, 1924 was between 0.9 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
    • March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
    • May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
    • August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
    • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
    • November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.

Day of marriage April 24, 1947

  • The temperature on April 24, 1947 was between 7.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
    • August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
    • August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
    • November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
    • December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
    • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

Day of death February 12, 2017

  • The temperature on February 12, 2017 was between -0.6 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2017: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
    • March 22 » A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
    • May 31 » U.S. President Donald Trump tweets the word "covfefe" and quickly becomes a worldwide viral phenomenon.
    • June 12 » American student Otto Warmbier returns home in a coma after spending 17 months in a North Korean prison and dies a week later.
    • September 7 » Equifax announce a cyber-crime identity theft event potentially impacting approximately 145​⁄2 million U.S. consumers.
    • December 10 » ISIL is defeated in Iraq.

Day of burial February 16, 2017

  • The temperature on February 16, 2017 was between 5.5 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2017: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
    • May 27 » Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
    • July 28 » Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
    • August 18 » The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
    • October 12 » The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. and is immediately followed by Israel.
    • October 27 » Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
    • December 9 » The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1921 » Rodger Ward, American aviator, race car driver and sportscaster († 2004)
  • 1922 » Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer († 2001)
  • 1924 » Earl Bakken, American inventor († 2018)
  • 1924 » Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director († 1996)
  • 1925 » Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman († 2013)
  • 1926 » Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician († 2017)

Source: Wikipedia


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