Family tree Weening » Eelkje Loonstra (1907-1973)
Personal data Eelkje Loonstra
- She was born on March 31, 1907 in Eestrum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel (Fr).Source 1
- She died on August 8, 1973 in -, she was 66 years old.Source 2
- She is buried in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland.
- A child of Hendrik Loonstra and Maaike Hoekstra
- This information was last updated on October 10, 2023.
Household of Eelkje Loonstra
She is married to Tjeerd van der Leyen.
They got married on June 29, 1929 at Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, she was 22 years old.Source 3
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Sources
Geboorteregister 1907, Tietjerksteradeel
https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/196690/loonstra
Huwelijksregister 1929, Dantumadeel
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Birthday March 31, 1907
- The temperature on March 31, 1907 was between 1.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
- February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
- June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
- August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
- August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
- December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
- December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
Day of marriage June 29, 1929
- The temperature on June 29, 1929 was between 4.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
- May 1 » The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
- May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
- September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
- October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
- October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
- December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
Day of death August 8, 1973
- The temperature on August 8, 1973 was between 10.3 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
- January 14 » Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
- February 22 » Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
- March 29 » Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
- June 24 » The UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, is attacked by an arsonist during a church service, and 32 people die from smoke inhalation or fire.
- August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
- November 8 » The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million.
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