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Personal data Elizabeth Dijkema 


Household of Elizabeth Dijkema

She is married to Willem Ophuis.

They got married on January 4, 1936 at Baflo (Gr), she was 19 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. (Not public)
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/2055363/dijkema
  3. Huwelijksregister Baflo 1936

Historical events

Birthday April 29, 1916

  • The temperature on April 29, 1916 was between 9.3 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
    • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
    • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
    • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
    • July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
    • November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

Day of death January 28, 1959

  • The temperature on January 28, 1959 was between -3.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
    • May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
    • July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
    • August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
    • September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
    • October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1912 » Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1977)
  • 1915 » Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic († 1997)
  • 1917 » Celeste Holm, American actress and singer († 2012)
  • 1917 » Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer († 1961)
  • 1918 » George Allen, American football player and coach († 1990)
  • 1919 » Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2006)

Source: Wikipedia


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