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Household of Gerrit Dekker

He is married to Geesje Oelen.

They got married on September 15, 1921 at Zwartsluis, he was 28 years old.

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Birthday August 9, 1893

  • The temperature on August 9, 1893 was about 21.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
    • June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
    • July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
    • July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
    • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
    • September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.

Day of death October 16, 1938

  • The temperature on October 16, 1938 was between 7.1 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
    • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
    • May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
    • June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
    • August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1890 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle († 1958)
  • 1896 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist († 1980)
  • 1896 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher († 1980)
  • 1899 » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress († 1996)
  • 1901 » Charles Farrell, American actor and singer († 1990)
  • 1902 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist († 1991)

Source: Wikipedia


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