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He is married to Nellie Twisker.

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Historical events

Birthday October 13, 1927

  • The temperature on October 13, 1927 was between 7.2 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
    • May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
    • July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
    • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
    • October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
    • December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

Day of death July 17, 2016

  • The temperature on July 17, 2016 was between 14.5 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
    • April 22 » The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.
    • May 27 » Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
    • September 28 » The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.
    • October 13 » The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
    • December 25 » A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.


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