Family tree Doppenberg » Gijsbert Meernik (1915-2000)

Personal data Gijsbert Meernik 

  • He was born on July 23, 1915 in Putten Gld.
  • He died on December 27, 2000 in Putten Gld, he was 85 years old.
  • This information was last updated on May 24, 2009.

Household of Gijsbert Meernik

He is married to Lubbertje Doppenberg.

They got married on October 24, 1941 at Putten Gld, he was 26 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday July 23, 1915

  • The temperature on July 23, 1915 was between 12.9 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
    • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
    • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
    • June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
    • August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
    • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

Day of death December 27, 2000

  • The temperature on December 27, 2000 was between -1.6 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 14.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 2000: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.
    • February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
    • June 26 » The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
    • August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
    • September 15 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XXVII Olympiad, are opened in Sydney, Australia.
    • October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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