Family tree Olde Scheper » Pietje Douwes (1896-1974)
Personal data Pietje Douwes
Source 1- She was born on January 13, 1896 in Blija, Ferwerderadiel, Friesland, Netherlands.
- She died on May 22, 1974 in Dokkum, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands, she was 78 years old.
- A child of Dirk Jans Douwes and IJpkje Rienstra
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Birthday January 13, 1896
- The temperature on January 13, 1896 was about 3.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
- December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
- December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Day of death May 22, 1974
- The temperature on May 22, 1974 was between 9.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
- January 6 » In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
- February 4 » The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
- February 12 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
- May 28 » Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
- July 15 » In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
- November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
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