Family tree Weening » Jan Elzinga (1917-1993)

Personal data Jan Elzinga 

  • He was born on November 18, 1917 in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland.Source 1
  • He died on June 8, 1993 in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 75 years old.Source 2
  • He is buried in Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland.
  • A child of Sybe Elzinga and Geertje Hiemstra
  • This information was last updated on February 3, 2022.

Household of Jan Elzinga

He is married to Aafke Postma.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Elzinga

Jan Tjeerds Elzinga
1842-1920
Froukje Willems Veenstra
1855-1942
Tjeerd Hendriks Hiemstra
1859-1910
Minke Dijkstra
1866-1940
Sybe Elzinga
1884-1953

Jan Elzinga
1917-1993


Aafke Postma
1924-2014


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Sources

  1. Bevolkingsregister Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/197375/elzinga

Historical events

Birthday November 18, 1917

  • The temperature on November 18, 1917 was between 6.7 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
    • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
    • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
    • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
    • July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
    • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
    • November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.

Day of death June 8, 1993

  • The temperature on June 8, 1993 was between 9.8 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
    • July 22 » Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
    • August 9 » The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
    • August 21 » NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
    • November 1 » The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
    • November 17 » In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
    • December 2 » Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.


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