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Personal data Grietje Postma 


Household of Grietje Postma

She is married to Ruurd Henstra.

They got married on July 27, 1939 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 25 years old.Source 4

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1914, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1960, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/278151/postma
  4. Huwelijksregister 1939, Dantumadeel

Historical events

Birthday January 16, 1914

  • The temperature on January 16, 1914 was between -6.5 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
    • May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
    • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
    • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
    • December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

Day of marriage July 27, 1939

  • The temperature on July 27, 1939 was between 11.4 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (75%). 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
    • April 30 » The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
    • May 22 » World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.
    • August 15 » Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
    • September 1 » Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
    • September 10 » World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

Day of death January 24, 1960

  • The temperature on January 24, 1960 was between 9.2 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
    • January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
    • January 14 » The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
    • April 15 » At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
    • August 5 » Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
    • September 14 » Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
    • November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.


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