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Household of Gerrit Looijen

He is married to Janna Kraaijenhof.

They got married on April 2, 1952 at Wageningen (GL), he was 31 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit Looijen

Looij Looijen
1859-1904
Evertje Mulder
1866-> 1927
Looij Looijen
1889-1967

Gerrit Looijen
1920-1983

1952

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    Historical events

    • The temperature on June 29, 1920 was between 15.0 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
      • February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
      • July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
      • September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
      • November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.
      • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
      • December 16 » The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5Mw , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
    • The temperature on April 2, 1952 was between -2.0 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • 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 year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
      • February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
      • July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
      • August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
      • September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
      • November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
      • November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
    • The temperature on September 3, 1983 was between 13.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
      • January 18 » The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
      • February 12 » One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
      • March 8 » Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
      • June 5 » More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.
      • July 22 » Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
      • November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
    

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