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Personal data Ruurd Veenstra 


Household of Ruurd Veenstra

He is married to Baukje Westra.

They got married on August 15, 1946 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 38 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ruurd Veenstra

Ruurd Annes Veenstra
1840-1888
Jantje Kornelis Postma
1850-1933
Hendrik Eedzes Dijkstra
1830-1914
Geertje Annes Kootstra
1829-1918
Anne Veenstra
1869-1957

Ruurd Veenstra
1907-1956

1946

Baukje Westra
1905-1991


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1907, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1956, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/276476/veenstra
  4. (Not public)

Historical events

Birthday October 13, 1907

  • The temperature on October 13, 1907 was between 7.4 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
    • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
    • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
    • August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
    • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
    • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Day of marriage August 15, 1946

  • The temperature on August 15, 1946 was between 8.6 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
  • 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.
    • March 1 » The Bank of England is nationalised.
    • April 18 » The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
    • May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
    • July 5 » Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.
    • July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
    • December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.

Day of death December 15, 1956

  • The temperature on December 15, 1956 was between 8.9 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
    • April 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
    • June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
    • June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
    • September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
    • September 16 » TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
    • November 13 » The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.


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