Family tree Weening » Jan Veenstra (1917-2000)
Personal data Jan Veenstra
- He was born on November 9, 1917 in Augustinusga, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: klompmaker.
- He died on July 12, 2000 in -, he was 82 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).
- A child of Pieter Veenstra and Detje Procee
- This information was last updated on July 13, 2026.
Household of Jan Veenstra
He is married to Aukje Heins.
They got married on June 15, 1944 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 26 years old.Source 3
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Birthday November 9, 1917
- The temperature on November 9, 1917 was between 3.5 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
- March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
- March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
- July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
- October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
Day of marriage June 15, 1944
- The temperature on June 15, 1944 was between 9.8 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
- April 24 » World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
- June 25 » The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
- August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
- August 23 » World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allies.
- October 13 » World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.
Day of death July 12, 2000
- The temperature on July 12, 2000 was between 9.5 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
- January 14 » A United Nations tribunal sentences five Roman Catholic Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
- June 7 » The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
- October 2 » The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
- October 26 » A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
- October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
- November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
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