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Personal data Maria Hendrika "Riet" de Heij 

  • Nickname is Riet.
  • She was born on November 12, 1931 in Rijswijk.
  • She died on May 5, 2021 in Leiden, she was 89 years old.
  • This information was last updated on July 25, 2024.

Household of Maria Hendrika "Riet" de Heij

She is married to Arnoldus Cornelis Witjes.

They got married on August 31, 1955 at Rijswijk, she was 23 years old.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Maria Hendrika de Heij

Maria Hendrika de Heij
1931-2021

1955

Arnoldus Cornelis Witjes
1928-2024

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Historical events

Birthday November 12, 1931

  • The temperature on November 12, 1931 was between 6.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
    • March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
    • May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
    • June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
    • August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
    • December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.

Day of marriage August 31, 1955

  • The temperature on August 31, 1955 was between 9.9 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
    • March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
    • April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
    • June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
    • July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
    • July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
    • November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1929 » Grace Kelly, American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco († 1982)
  • 1929 » Michael Ende, German author and fiction writer († 1995)
  • 1930 » Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2014)
  • 1934 » Charles Manson, American cult leader († 2017)
  • 1934 » John McGahern, Irish author and educator († 2006)
  • 1934 » Vavá, Brazilian footballer and manager († 2002)

Source: Wikipedia


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