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Personal data Johannes "Jan" Meijs 


Household of Johannes "Jan" Meijs

He is married to Johanna Wilhelmina Emma Edelhauser.

They got married on April 20, 1938 at Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.

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  • The temperature on January 29, 1913 was between -3.2 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
    • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
    • March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
    • July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
    • December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
    • December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".
  • The temperature on April 20, 1938 was between -0.3 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
    • July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
    • August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
    • December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.
    • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.


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  • 1915 » Bill Peet, American author and illustrator († 2002)
  • 1915 » John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (d.2003)
  • 1917 » John Raitt, American actor and singer († 2005)
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