Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Johannes Diederik POTGIETER (1952-1995)

Personal data Johannes Diederik POTGIETER 

  • He was born on May 1, 1952.
  • He died on March 26, 1995, he was 42 years old.
  • This information was last updated on August 24, 2010.

Household of Johannes Diederik POTGIETER

He is married to Ernita PRETORIUS.

They got married

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  • The temperature on May 1, 1952 was between 9.2 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
    • April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
    • May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
    • July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
    • September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
    • October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
    • November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
  • The temperature on March 26, 1995 was between 5.3 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
    • April 19 » Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
    • June 29 » The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
    • July 27 » The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
    • August 24 » Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
    • October 15 » Saddam Hussein is reelected president of Iraq through a referendum.
    • December 6 » Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.


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Gert Esterhuizen, "Family tree Eric Esterhuizen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-eric-esterhuizen/I8122.php : accessed January 8, 2026), "Johannes Diederik POTGIETER (1952-1995)".