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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Damstra

Edde Geerts Jan Damstra
1832-1912
Geertje Andries Wijbenga
1835-1916
Jan de Vries
1824-1899
Ynskje Meetsma
1823-1899
Geert Damstra
1857-1924

Jan Damstra
1898-1974


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Birthday September 8, 1898

  • The temperature on September 8, 1898 was about 30.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
    • April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
    • April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
    • June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
    • June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
    • July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

Day of death February 13, 1974

  • The temperature on February 13, 1974 was between 1.2 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • February 8 » After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
    • June 1 » The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
    • June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
    • July 15 » In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
    • July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
    • September 8 » Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.


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