Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Geert Levinga (1917-1970)
Personal data Geert Levinga
- He was born on September 23, 1917.Source 1
- He died on August 2, 1970, he was 52 years old.Source 2
- This information was last updated on July 26, 2023.
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He has/had a relationship with Wimke Jagt.
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Birthday September 23, 1917
- The temperature on September 23, 1917 was between 10.0 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
- January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
- February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
- October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
Day of death August 2, 1970
- The temperature on August 2, 1970 was between 15.7 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
- March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
- March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
- May 15 » President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
- August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
- September 4 » Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
- December 23 » The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417m), making it the tallest building in the world.
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Pauline Berens BC, "Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ofb-barger-compascuum/I67026.php : accessed January 30, 2026), "Geert Levinga (1917-1970)".