Family tree Weening » Wytze Postma (1917-1983)
Personal data Wytze Postma
- He was born on October 25, 1917 in Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: petroleumventer.
- He died on May 14, 1983 in -, he was 65 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).
- A child of Rienk Postma and Antje Kootstra
- This information was last updated on July 13, 2026.
Household of Wytze Postma
He is married to Eelkje de Vries.
They got married on July 4, 1946 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 28 years old.Source 3
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Birthday October 25, 1917
- The temperature on October 25, 1917 was between 4.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
- June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
- November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
- December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.
- December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
Day of marriage July 4, 1946
- The temperature on July 4, 1946 was between 16.1 °C and 31.2 °C and averaged 22.3 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (67%). 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)
- From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
- February 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
- March 21 » The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.
- April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
- July 5 » Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
- July 26 » Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
- November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.
Day of death May 14, 1983
- The temperature on May 14, 1983 was between 7.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
- February 28 » The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
- June 13 » Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.
- June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
- September 23 » Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
- December 7 » An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
- December 17 » Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
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