Family tree Weening » Klaas Ritskes (1917-1974)
Personal data Klaas Ritskes
- He was born on January 21, 1917 in Norg (Dr).
- Profession: kruidenier.
- He died on April 23, 1974 in -, he was 57 years old.Source 1
- He is buried in Oosterwolde, gem. Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland.
- This information was last updated on June 17, 2023.
Household of Klaas Ritskes
He is married to Sjoukje Graansma.
They got married on October 31, 1941 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 24 years old.Source 2
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Birthday January 21, 1917
- The temperature on January 21, 1917 was between -8.6 °C and -3.0 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
- November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
- December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
- December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
- December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
Day of death April 23, 1974
- The temperature on April 23, 1974 was between 0.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
- February 4 » M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
- February 22 » Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
- February 23 » The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
- March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
- November 13 » Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
- December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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