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Personal data Douwe Terpstra 


Household of Douwe Terpstra

He is married to Tjeerdje de Boer.

They got married on May 9, 1945 at Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1915, Wymbritseradeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/251414/terpstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1945, Menaldumadeel

Historical events

  • The temperature on July 25, 1915 was between 8.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
    • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
    • March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
    • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
    • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
    • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
  • The temperature on November 25, 1979 was between 1.8 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
    • January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
    • March 17 » The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
    • May 28 » Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
    • July 3 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
    • July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
    • October 12 » The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the western Pacific Ocean during Typhoon Tip.


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Source: Wikipedia

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