Family tree Weening » Adam Gerrit Dijkstra (1911-1979)

Personal data Adam Gerrit Dijkstra 


Household of Adam Gerrit Dijkstra

He is married to Minke Dijkstra.

They got married on June 10, 1937 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 25 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Luitzen Dijkstra  1938-2022

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Adam Gerrit Dijkstra

Enne Luitjens Dijkstra
1846-1879
Antje Jelles Kootstra
1847-1930
Adam Engelsma
1842-1921
Suster de Jager
1847-1926

Adam Gerrit Dijkstra
1911-1979

1937

Minke Dijkstra
1913-1990

Luitzen Dijkstra
1938-2022

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1911, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/251393/dijkstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1937, Achtkarspelen

Historical events

Birthday November 25, 1911

  • The temperature on November 25, 1911 was between -2.3 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
    • May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
    • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
    • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
    • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
    • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

Day of marriage June 10, 1937

  • The temperature on June 10, 1937 was between 15.4 °C and 30.9 °C and averaged 22.8 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
    • March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
    • April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
    • August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
    • August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
    • December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.

Day of death September 4, 1979

  • The temperature on September 4, 1979 was between 8.6 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • March 5 » Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
    • May 4 » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
    • July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
    • September 7 » The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5billion to avoid bankruptcy.
    • November 4 » Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
    • December 3 » In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1908 » Natyaguru Nurul Momen, Bangladeshi playwright, author, educator, director and media personality († 1990)
  • 1909 » P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator († 1986)
  • 1911 » Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer († 1984)
  • 1913 » Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and educator († 1993)
  • 1914 » Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach († 1999)
  • 1914 » Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist († 1995)

Source: Wikipedia


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