Family tree Jan Werkman » Harmke "Harriette" Posthumus (1906-1999)
Personal data Harmke "Harriette" Posthumus
- Nickname is Harriette.
- She was born on February 28, 1906 in Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland.
Tijdstip: 02:00
- Birth registration on February 28, 1906.Source 1
- She died on April 26, 1999 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, she was 93 years old.
- She is buried in Hillside Cemetery Grant, Newaygo County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
- A child of Roelof Posthumus and Derkje Jakobs Bol
- This information was last updated on January 9, 2024.
Household of Harmke "Harriette" Posthumus
She is married to Harold Yonkers.
They got married about 1926.
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Historical events
Birthday February 28, 1906
- The temperature on February 28, 1906 was between 1.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
- March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
- April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
- April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
- June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
- June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
- July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
Day of death April 26, 1999
- The temperature on April 26, 1999 was between 10.8 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
- January 19 » British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
- January 21 » War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500lb) of cocaine on board.
- February 11 » Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
- April 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
- May 7 » Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
- October 12 » The World Population reaches 6 billion.
Same birth/death day
- 1901 » Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
- 1903 » Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter († 1986)
- 1906 » Bugsy Siegel, American gangster († 1947)
- 1907 » Milton Caniff, American cartoonist († 1988)
- 1908 » Billie Bird, American actress († 2002)
- 1909 » Stephen Spender, English author and poet († 1995)
- 1996 » Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
- 1999 » Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1957)
- 1999 » Jill Dando, English journalist and television personality (b. 1961)
- 2003 » Edward Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1904)
- 2003 » Rosemary Brown, Jamaican-Canadian academic and politician (b. 1930)
- 2003 » Yun Hyon-seok, South Korean poet and author (b. 1984)
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Jan Werkman, "Family tree Jan Werkman", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-jan-werkman/I130705.php : accessed June 15, 2024), "Harmke "Harriette" Posthumus (1906-1999)".