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Personal data Matthijs "Thijs" van Polen
- Nickname is Thijs.
- He was born on March 2, 1939 in Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland.
- He died on August 25, 2020 in Alkmaar, Gemeente Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 81 years old.
- A child of Matthijs van Polen and Cornelia Johanna Krom
- This information was last updated on October 22, 2021.
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Birthday March 2, 1939
- The temperature on March 2, 1939 was between 0.5 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
- January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
- February 28 » The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
- April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
- September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
- September 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.
- December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
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