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Household of Sytse van der Meij

He is married to Cornelia Frederika Magdalena Nierop.

They got married on June 16, 1927 at Amersfoort, he was 29 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday August 31, 1897

  • The temperature on August 31, 1897 was about 15.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 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 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
    • July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
    • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
    • September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
    • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

Day of marriage June 16, 1927

  • The temperature on June 16, 1927 was between 6.0 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
    • January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
    • February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
    • April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
    • May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
    • August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
    • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.

Day of death March 10, 1971

  • The temperature on March 10, 1971 was between -2.4 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
    • April 17 » The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
    • April 19 » Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
    • July 30 » An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.
    • September 9 » The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
    • October 1 » The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient.


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