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Personal data Wopke Bekema 


Household of Wopke Bekema

He is married to Maria Juliana de Jong.

They got married on May 8, 1920 at Bolsward, he was 22 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday January 23, 1898

  • The temperature on January 23, 1898 was about 6.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
    • July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
    • August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
    • August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
    • September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
    • October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.

Day of death August 9, 1999

  • The temperature on August 9, 1999 was between 14.4 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
    • March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
    • May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
    • May 6 » The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
    • July 23 » ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
    • October 27 » Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
    • December 31 » The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.


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