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Personal data Willem Henstra 


Household of Willem Henstra

He is married to Sjoukje Hoekstra.

They got married on October 2, 1926 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 19 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. Frans Henstra  1928-1989
  3. Geeske Henstra  1933-1937
  4. Wieger Henstra  1934-1997
  5. Halbe Henstra  1935-2010
  6. Geert Henstra  1938-2023

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1906, Kollumerland c.a.
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/254604/henstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1926, Achtkarspelen

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Historical events

Birthday October 7, 1906

  • The temperature on October 7, 1906 was between 9.2 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (75%). 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 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
    • February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
    • April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
    • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
    • September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
    • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Day of marriage October 2, 1926

  • The temperature on October 2, 1926 was between 5.5 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
    • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
    • August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
    • October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
    • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
    • November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

Day of death January 20, 1982

  • The temperature on January 20, 1982 was between 0.2 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • 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 1982: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • April 2 » Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
    • May 12 » During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
    • June 7 » Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
    • August 21 » Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
    • October 1 » Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
    • October 14 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.


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