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Personal data Gjalt Zijlstra 


Household of Gjalt Zijlstra

He is married to Akke Bouma.

They got married on May 14, 1914 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 29 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Pieter Zijlstra  1915-1969
  2. (Not public)

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1884, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1962, Dokkum
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/106992/zijlstra
  4. Huwelijksregister 1914, Tietjerksteradeel

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Historical events

Birthday October 25, 1884

  • The temperature on October 25, 1884 was about 8.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
    • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
    • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Day of marriage May 14, 1914

  • The temperature on May 14, 1914 was between 8.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
    • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
    • August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
    • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
    • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
    • October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.

Day of death December 18, 1962

  • The temperature on December 18, 1962 was between 1.3 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
    • July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
    • July 23 » The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed.
    • August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
    • September 13 » An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
    • September 15 » The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.


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