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Personal data Jan Gringhuis 


Household of Jan Gringhuis

He is married to Trijntje van der Sluis.

They got married on April 24, 1937 at Emmen, he was 29 years old.

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Birthday April 15, 1908

  • The temperature on April 15, 1908 was between -1.0 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
    • May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
    • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
    • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
    • October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
    • December 28 » The 7.1 Mw  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

Day of marriage April 24, 1937

  • The temperature on April 24, 1937 was between 3.0 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
    • March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
    • April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
    • May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
    • November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
    • December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.

Day of death May 5, 1988

  • The temperature on May 5, 1988 was between 4.8 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
    • January 13 » Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
    • February 6 » Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
    • March 13 » The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
    • March 17 » A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
    • June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
    • September 13 » Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).

Day of cremation May 10, 1988

  • The temperature on May 10, 1988 was between 8.1 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
    • March 17 » A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
    • May 8 » A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".
    • August 20 » Iran-Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
    • August 20 » The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
    • November 3 » Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.
    • November 15 » The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1908 » eden ahbez, Scottish-American songwriter and recording artist († 1995)
  • 1908 » Lita Grey, American actress († 1995)
  • 1910 » Miguel Najdorf, Polish-Argentinian chess player and theoretician († 1997)
  • 1910 » Sulo Bärlund, Finnish shot putter († 1986)

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