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Personal data Gerrit Hoekstra
- He was born on January 4, 1886 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland.
- He died on October 9, 1971 in Laren (GLD) Nederland, he was 85 years old.Source 1
- A child of Geertje Hoekstra
- This information was last updated on November 12, 2023.
Household of Gerrit Hoekstra
(1) He is married to Hendrika de Haan.
They got married on September 26, 1912 at Abcoude-Proostdij, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland, he was 26 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Stijntje Hoekstra 1914-
- Geertje Hoekstra 1915-1915
- Leendert Hoekstra 1917-1917
- Geertje Hoekstra 1918-1918
(2) He is married to Pietertje Catharina van Benten.
They got married on May 7, 1919 at Nieuwer-Amstel (Amstelveen), Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland, he was 33 years old.Source 3
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Historical events
Birthday January 4, 1886
- The temperature on January 4, 1886 was about 7.1 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 31 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 18 » Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
- February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
- May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
- July 3 » Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
- November 14 » Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
- November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
Day of marriage May 7, 1919
- The temperature on May 7, 1919 was between 4.6 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
- February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
- April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
- May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
- May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
- July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
- October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
Day of death October 9, 1971
- The temperature on October 9, 1971 was between 9.6 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
- February 2 » The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
- March 12 » The 1971 Turkish military memorandum is sent to the Süleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
- March 18 » Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
- April 19 » Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
- July 11 » Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
- October 1 » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
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- 1967 » Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- 1969 » Don Hoak, American baseball player (b. 1928)
- 1972 » Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1974 » Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (b. 1908)
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