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Personal data Poppe Merkus 


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He is married to Froukje Meijer.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Poppe Merkus

Freerk Weening
1863-1939
Tietje Pieters Rauwerda
1868-1943
Bouwe Merkus
1888-1970

Poppe Merkus
1924-1997


Froukje Meijer
1924-1998


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Historical events

Birthday July 4, 1924

  • The temperature on July 4, 1924 was between 12.6 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
    • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
    • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
    • April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
    • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
    • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.

Day of death November 26, 1997

  • The temperature on November 26, 1997 was between 0.9 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
    • June 2 » In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
    • June 16 » Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
    • September 18 » The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
    • November 17 » In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
    • November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.


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