Family tree Weening » Egbert Boonstra (1896-1949)
Personal data Egbert Boonstra
- He was born on June 2, 1896 in Oenkerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel (Fr).Source 1
- He died on March 24, 1949 in Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 52 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Oenkerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel (Fr).Source 3
- A child of Eize Boonstra and Akke Paulus Veenstra
- This information was last updated on October 11, 2023.
Household of Egbert Boonstra
He is married to Maaike Kingma.
They got married on May 14, 1921 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 24 years old.Source 4
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Sources
Geboorteregister 1896, Tietjerksteradeel
Overlijdensregister 1949, Achtkarspelen
https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/320727/boonstra
Huwelijksregister 1921, Tietjerksteradeel
Historical events
Birthday June 2, 1896
- The temperature on June 2, 1896 was about 21.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
- May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
Day of marriage May 14, 1921
- The temperature on May 14, 1921 was between 8.5 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
- February 27 » The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
- March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
- June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
- June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
- August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
- September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
Day of death March 24, 1949
- The temperature on March 24, 1949 was between 3.0 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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)
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
- February 14 » The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
- February 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
- May 4 » The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash.
- September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
- September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
- October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
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- 1904 » Frank Runacres, English painter and educator († 1974)
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- 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
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- 1950 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
- 1951 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (b. 1887)
- 1953 » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)
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