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He is married to Stientje Kapma.

They got married on April 21, 1922 at Haren, Haren, Groningen, Nederland, he was 24 years old.

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Birthday May 14, 1897

  • The temperature on May 14, 1897 was about 8.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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.
    • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
    • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
    • August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
    • 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 marriage April 21, 1922

  • The temperature on April 21, 1922 was between 1.7 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 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 1922: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64–57 vote.
    • April 16 » The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
    • April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
    • June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
    • June 28 » The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.
    • September 13 » The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.

Day of death March 8, 1958

  • The temperature on March 8, 1958 was between -2.3 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
    • April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
    • May 13 » May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
    • May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
    • September 15 » A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
    • October 28 » John XXIII is elected Pope.
    • December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.


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  • 1899 » Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist. (d.1994)
  • 1899 » Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach († 1976)
  • 1899 » Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic († 1993)
  • 1900 » Hal Borland, American journalist and author († 1978)

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  • 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
  • 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
  • 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)
  • 1957 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)
  • 1961 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (b. 1879)
  • 1971 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)

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