Wytske Borgers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Catarinus JOHANNES Draaisma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Historical events
Birthday February 13, 1895
- The temperature on February 13, 1895 was about -9.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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 year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
- April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
- June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
- September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
- November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
- November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
Day of marriage November 25, 1916
- The temperature on November 25, 1916 was between 7.4 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 11.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
- February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
- September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
- September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
- October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
- November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
Day of death January 17, 1972
- The temperature on January 17, 1972 was between -9.3 °C and -3.0 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- 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 year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
- January 8 » Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
- January 14 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
- February 21 » United States President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
- March 2 » The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
- April 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
- September 9 » In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
Same birth/death day
- 1889 » Leontine Sagan, Austrian actress and director († 1974)
- 1891 » Grant Wood, American painter and academic († 1942)
- 1891 » Kate Roberts, Welsh author and activist († 1985)
- 1892 » Robert H. Jackson, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 57th United States Attorney General († 1954)
- 1898 » Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician († 1979)
- 1900 » Barbara von Annenkoff, Russian-born German film and stage actress († 1979)
- 1961 » Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925)
- 1970 » Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoon player and educator (b. 1890)
- 1972 » Betty Smith, American author and playwright (b. 1896)
- 1977 » Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940)
- 1977 » Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. 1940)
- 1981 » Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer and lawyer (b. 1899)
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The Family tree Draaisma publication was prepared by Robert.
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Robert, "Family tree Draaisma", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-draaisma/I14.php : accessed February 15, 2026), "Wytske Borgers (1895-1972)".
Robert, "Family tree Draaisma", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-draaisma/I14.php : accessed February 15, 2026), "Wytske Borgers (1895-1972)".