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Personal data Jan Zyffers 


Household of Jan Zyffers

He is married to Antje de Jong.

They got married on July 17, 1929 at Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 26 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1903, Leeuwarden
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195962/zijffers
  3. Huwelijksregister 1929, Leeuwarden

Historical events

Birthday May 9, 1903

  • The temperature on May 9, 1903 was between 6.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (27%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
    • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
    • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
    • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
    • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
    • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.

Day of death February 13, 1979

  • The temperature on February 13, 1979 was between 0.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 16.7 mm of rain during 14.2 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
    • March 5 » Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
    • March 28 » The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
    • June 2 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
    • July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
    • November 20 » Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1900 » Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress († 1992)
  • 1904 » Conrad Bernier, Canadian-American organist, composer, and educator († 1988)
  • 1905 » Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist († 1998)
  • 1906 » Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator († 1988)
  • 1907 » Jackie Grant, Trinidadian cricketer († 1978)
  • 1907 » Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist and author († 1976)

Source: Wikipedia


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