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Personal data Gerrit Boelen 


Household of Gerrit Boelen

He is married to Grietje Westendorp.

They got married on December 10, 1920 at Odoorn, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Jacob Boelen  1925-1995
  2. Jan Boelen  1928-
  3. Derk Boelen  1930-2005 

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Gerrit Boelen
1817-1896
Jan Boelen
1859-1945

Gerrit Boelen
1891-1960

1920
Jacob Boelen
1925-1995
Jan Boelen
1928-????
Derk Boelen
1930-2005

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Historical events

  • The temperature on August 28, 1891 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
    • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
    • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
  • The temperature on December 10, 1920 was between -4.2 °C and -1.7 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
    • August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
    • August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
    • 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 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
    • December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.
  • The temperature on February 18, 1960 was between -4.6 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
    • July 20 » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USSGeorge Washington, for the first time.
    • August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
    • October 4 » An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.
    • October 12 » Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
    • November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.


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  • 1887 » István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician († 1922)
  • 1888 » Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author († 1985)
  • 1891 » Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer († 1984)
  • 1894 » Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director († 1981)
  • 1896 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic († 1982)

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