Family tree Grooten » Jan Grooten (1884-1964)
Personal data Jan Grooten
- He was born on June 25, 1884 in Exloërmond (Drenthe).Source 1
Kind: Jan Grooten, geboren te Exloermond (Odoorn) op 25-06-1884, zoon van Geert Grooten, beroep: arbeider; oud: 31 jaren, en Jaapien Ophof, beroep: zonder.
- He died on July 13, 1964 in Musselkanaal (Groningen), he was 80 years old.Source 2
- A child of Geert Grooten and Jaappien Ophof
- This information was last updated on July 4, 2011.
Household of Jan Grooten
He is married to Jantje Hummel.
They got married on July 26, 1906 at Emmen (Drenthe), he was 22 years old.Source 3
Bruidegom: Jan Grooten, geboren te Odoorn; oud: 22 jaren; beroep: arbeider, zoon van Geert Grooten, beroep: arbeider, en Jaapien Ophof, beroep: arbeidster.
Bruid: Jantje Hummel, geboren te Emmen; oud: 21 jaren; beroep: arbeidster, dochter van Eelse Hummel, beroep: arbeider, en Egbertje Sterkenburg, beroep: arbeidster.
Child(ren):
- Jaappien Grooten 1906-
- Egebertje Grooten 1909-
- Berend Grooten 1924-1939
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Birthday June 25, 1884
- The temperature on June 25, 1884 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 1884: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
- June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
- July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
- August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
- October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
- December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
Day of marriage July 26, 1906
- The temperature on July 26, 1906 was between 9.0 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (76%). 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
- March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
- April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
- October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
- November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
- December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
Day of death July 13, 1964
- The temperature on July 13, 1964 was between 13.1 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
- January 25 » Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.
- February 17 » In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
- March 20 » The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
- May 29 » The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- August 13 » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
- September 13 » Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in Waldbühne.
Same birth/death day
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- 1886 » Henry H. Arnold, American general († 1950)
- 1887 » Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist († 1938)
- 1887 » George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1995)
- 1892 » Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and general († 1959)
- 1960 » Joy Davidman, American-English poet and author (b. 1915)
- 1965 » Photis Kontoglou, Greek painter and illustrator (b. 1895)
- 1967 » Tom Simpson, English cyclist (b. 1937)
- 1970 » Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (b. 1896)
- 1970 » Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (b. 1895)
- 1973 » Willy Fritsch, German actor and screenwriter (b. 1901)
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