Family tree Weening » Simon van Haitsma (1917-1995)
Personal data Simon van Haitsma
- He was born on November 26, 1917 in Franeker (Fr).Source 1
- He died on September 18, 1995 in -, he was 77 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Bolsward (Fr).
- A child of Watse van Haitsma and Ymkje Heikamp
- This information was last updated on February 18, 2023.
Household of Simon van Haitsma
He is married to Isdskjen van der Schaaf.
They got married.
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Sources
Geboorteregister 1917, Franeker
https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/1853544/haitsma_van
Historical events
Birthday November 26, 1917
- The temperature on November 26, 1917 was between 1.4 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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).
- June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
- August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
- October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
- November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
- December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.
Day of death September 18, 1995
- The temperature on September 18, 1995 was between 10.7 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
- March 22 » Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
- August 15 » In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
- September 28 » Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.
- October 26 » An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, 20 of whom died.
- November 4 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
- November 13 » A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility.
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