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Personal data Gerardus Johannes Opstal 


Household of Gerardus Johannes Opstal

He is married to Johanna Loenen.

They got married on October 10, 1953 at Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 37 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday December 20, 1915

  • The temperature on December 20, 1915 was between -1.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
    • January 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
    • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
    • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
    • July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
    • October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

Day of death December 12, 1995

  • The temperature on December 12, 1995 was between 1.3 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
    • January 19 » After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.
    • February 7 » Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
    • March 16 » Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
    • October 16 » The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attended.
    • October 28 » The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
    • December 21 » The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1914 » Harry F. Byrd Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician († 2013)
  • 1915 » Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet († 1995)
  • 1916 » Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader and activist († 2010)
  • 1917 » Audrey Totter, American actress († 2013)
  • 1917 » Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author († 1997)
  • 1917 » David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher († 1992)

Source: Wikipedia


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