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Personal data Gerrit Smeerdijk 


Household of Gerrit Smeerdijk

He is married to Ariaantje Jacoba de Vette.

They got married on April 18, 1923 at Amsterdam, he was 23 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday April 8, 1900

  • The temperature on April 8, 1900 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
    • February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
    • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
    • May 29 » N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
    • June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
    • September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

Day of death June 30, 1969

  • The temperature on June 30, 1969 was between 11.1 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
    • May 15 » People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
    • May 21 » Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
    • November 10 » National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
    • November 13 » Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
    • November 24 » Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.


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Source: Wikipedia

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