Stamboom Lemoine/Post/Breg/Kensen » Dirk Besseling (1916-1999)
Personal data Dirk Besseling
- The name is of type 'name given at or near birth'
- He was born on August 27, 1916 in Zwaag, Noord-Holland.
- He died on March 27, 1999, he was 82 years old.
- The birth parents are Petrus Besseling and Maria Bos
- This information was last updated on June 10, 2024.
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Birthday August 27, 1916
- The temperature on August 27, 1916 was between 14.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
- May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
- May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
- June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
- October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
- November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
Day of death March 27, 1999
- The temperature on March 27, 1999 was between 1.6 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
- January 4 » Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
- January 21 » War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500lb) of cocaine on board.
- April 19 » The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
- May 7 » In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
- July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
- August 2 » The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
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E. Lemoine, "Stamboom Lemoine/Post/Breg/Kensen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-post/I0282.php : accessed February 14, 2026), "Dirk Besseling (1916-1999)".
E. Lemoine, "Stamboom Lemoine/Post/Breg/Kensen", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-post/I0282.php : accessed February 14, 2026), "Dirk Besseling (1916-1999)".