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Personal data Gjalt Veenstra 


Household of Gjalt Veenstra

He had a relationship with Jantje Velema.

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Sources

  1. https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/1444167/2260047/Jantje-Velema-1927-2011
  2. https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/1444167/2260047/Jantje-Velema-1927-2011
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Historical events

Birthday September 10, 1920

  • The temperature on September 10, 1920 was between 4.9 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
    • February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
    • March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
    • May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
    • August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
    • August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.

Day of death September 1, 1973

  • The temperature on September 1, 1973 was between 14.4 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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)
  • 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 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 1973: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
    • March 29 » Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
    • April 1 » Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
    • May 5 » Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59​⁄5, an as-yet unbeaten record.
    • May 31 » The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
    • September 20 » Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
    • October 31 » Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.


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