Family tree Weening » Geert Posthuma (1896-1950)
Personal data Geert Posthuma
- He was born on May 7, 1896 in Drachten, gem. Smallingerland (Fr).Source 1
Kind erkend bij huwelijk ouders d.d. 9 januari 1897, gemeente Kollumerland
- He died on August 21, 1950 in Apeldoorn (Gd), he was 54 years old.Source 2
- A child of Pieter Postma and Janke List
- This information was last updated on October 13, 2023.
Household of Geert Posthuma
He is married to Eelkje de Bruin.
They got married on May 14, 1921 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.Source 3
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Birthday May 7, 1896
- The temperature on May 7, 1896 was about 12.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
- November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
- December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
- December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
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.
- January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
- March 15 » Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
- May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
- June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
- July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
- September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
Day of death August 21, 1950
- The temperature on August 21, 1950 was between 13.2 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
- January 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
- January 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
- July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
- October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
- November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
- December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.
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