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Household of Maartje Postma

She is married to Berend de Vries.

They got married on May 21, 1940 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 24 years old.

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Maartje Postma
1915-

1940

Berend de Vries
1915-


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Historical events

Birthday July 5, 1915

  • The temperature on July 5, 1915 was between 11.1 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
    • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
    • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
    • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
    • August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
    • August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.

Day of marriage May 21, 1940

  • The temperature on May 21, 1940 was between 6.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • February 16 » World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMSCossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
    • August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
    • October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
    • November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
    • November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
    • November 27 » World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1914 » Annie Fischer, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1995)
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  • 1915 » Al Timothy, Trinidadian musician and songwriter († 2000)
  • 1915 » Babe Paley, American socialite († 1978)
  • 1915 » John Woodruff, American runner and commander († 2007)
  • 1916 » Lívia Rév, Hungarian classical pianist († 2018)

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