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Personal data Gertrude Wichers 

  • She was born on March 6, 1897.
  • She died on May 7, 1988, she was 91 years old.
  • This information was last updated on April 2, 2011.

Household of Gertrude Wichers

She is married to John Dengerink.

They got married on October 11, 1917, she was 20 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday March 6, 1897

  • The temperature on March 6, 1897 was about 6.1 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
    • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
    • August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
    • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
    • November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.

Day of death May 7, 1988

  • The temperature on May 7, 1988 was between 7.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
    • February 29 » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
    • March 13 » The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
    • April 4 » Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
    • June 12 » Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 46, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board.
    • September 8 » Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
    • September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1893 » Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
  • 1895 » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest and historian († 1976)
  • 1898 » Gus Sonnenberg, American football player and wrestler († 1944)
  • 1900 » Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano and actress († 2001)
  • 1900 » Henri Jeanson, French journalist and author († 1970)
  • 1900 » Lefty Grove, American baseball player († 1975)

Source: Wikipedia


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