Kramer Family Tree » Fokke Roels Veenstra (1897-1974)
Personal data Fokke Roels Veenstra
Source 1- He was born on August 2, 1897 in Nijega-Smallingerland.
- He died on February 13, 1974 in Drachten, Smallingerland, he was 76 years old.
- A child of Roel F. Veenstra and Antje Jans van der Veen
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- de vries Web Site, henk de Vries, Fokke Roels Veenstra, June 21, 2022
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Historical events
Birthday August 2, 1897
- The temperature on August 2, 1897 was about 20.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
- February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
- April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
- September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
- September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
- November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
Day of death February 13, 1974
- The temperature on February 13, 1974 was between 1.2 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
- January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
- April 1 » The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
- July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
- August 7 » Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417m) in the air.
- September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
- November 20 » The first fatal crash of a Boeing 747 occurs when Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes while attempting to takeoff from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 59 out of the 157 people on board.
Same birth/death day
- 1894 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (d.1976)
- 1895 » Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer († 1970)
- 1897 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer († 1945)
- 1897 » Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician († 1974)
- 1898 » Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer († 1977)
- 1899 » Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter († 1995)
- 1968 » Mae Marsh, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1968 » Portia White, Canadian opera singer (b. 1911)
- 1973 » Marinus Jan Granpré Molière, Dutch architect and educator (b. 1883)
- 1975 » André Beaufre, French general (b. 1902)
- 1976 » Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (b. 1904)
- 1976 » Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian general and politician, 4th President of Nigeria (b. 1938)
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Louis Kramer, "Kramer Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kramer_stamboom/I561965.php : accessed February 7, 2026), "Fokke Roels Veenstra (1897-1974)".
Louis Kramer, "Kramer Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kramer_stamboom/I561965.php : accessed February 7, 2026), "Fokke Roels Veenstra (1897-1974)".