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Personal data Willem Veenstra 


Household of Willem Veenstra

He is married to Antje hoog.

They got married on December 27, 1906 at Tieterksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Andries Veenstra  1907-1945
  2. Marten Veenstra  1916-1974 
  3. Lambertus Veenstra  1919-1925
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    Historical events

    Birthday April 15, 1884

    • The temperature on April 15, 1884 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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.
      • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
      • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
      • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
      • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
      • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.
      • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

    Day of marriage December 27, 1906

    • The temperature on December 27, 1906 was between -6.8 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). 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 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.
      • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
      • October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
      • 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 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
      • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
      • December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

    Day of death March 5, 1956

    • The temperature on March 5, 1956 was between 1.0 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
      • April 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
      • June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
      • June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
      • July 26 » Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
      • August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
      • December 4 » The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
    

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