Family tree Hamstra - Spanjer » Peter van Dijken (1906-1975)

Personal data Peter van Dijken 


Household of Peter van Dijken

He is married to Grace Hamstra.

They got married on April 25, 1928, he was 22 years old.

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Historical events

  • The temperature on March 11, 1906 was between 0.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
    • February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
    • February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
    • September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
    • 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.
    • November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
    • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
  • The temperature on June 15, 1975 was between 11.1 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 22.7 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1975: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
    • March 22 » A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
    • April 19 » India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
    • April 29 » Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnamese-held Trường Sa Islands.
    • May 28 » Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
    • September 16 » Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
    • November 3 » Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, are murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail.


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About the surname Van Dijken


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A.R. Hamstra, "Family tree Hamstra - Spanjer", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-hamstra-spanjer/R167.php : accessed February 8, 2026), "Peter van Dijken (1906-1975)".