Family tree Nieuwenhuizen-Van Ginkel en De Kruijf-Grootendorst » Albertus Wilhelmus Jacobus Kniest (1917-1988)

Personal data Albertus Wilhelmus Jacobus Kniest 


Household of Albertus Wilhelmus Jacobus Kniest

He is married to Jantje Gerdina Mekking.

They got married on May 5, 1939 at Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland, he was 21 years old.

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Birthday June 10, 1917

  • The temperature on June 10, 1917 was between 14.6 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
    • April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
    • May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
    • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
    • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
    • October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.

Day of death July 11, 1988

  • The temperature on July 11, 1988 was between 13.4 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
    • February 6 » Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
    • May 14 » Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
    • May 24 » Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
    • June 1 » European Central Bank is founded in Brussels.
    • December 2 » Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
    • December 12 » The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.


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