Family tree Baks » Gerrigje Westerlaken (1918-1977)

Personal data Gerrigje Westerlaken 


Household of Gerrigje Westerlaken

She is married to Adam van Vugt.

They got married on October 20, 1943 at Woudrichem (NB), she was 25 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday July 31, 1918

  • The temperature on July 31, 1918 was between 8.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
    • June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
    • July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
    • October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
    • November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
    • December 14 » Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.

Day of death November 2, 1977

  • The temperature on November 2, 1977 was between 7.4 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 24.4 mm of rain during 13.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
    • May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
    • August 15 » The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
    • September 27 » Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
    • October 13 » Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
    • November 11 » A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.
    • December 13 » Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1918 » Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier († 1998)
  • 1918 » Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2010)
  • 1918 » Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
  • 1919 » Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster and actor († 2006)
  • 1919 » Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer († 2003)
  • 1919 » Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author († 1987)

Source: Wikipedia


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