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Personal data Edzer Postma 


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He is married to Lieuwkje van der Veen.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Edzer Postma

Jilt Feyes Postma
1857-1931
Antje Hidzers Visser
1859-1931
Gepke Postma
1889-1964

Edzer Postma
1913-1959


Lieuwkje van der Veen
1930-2016


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1913, Dantumadeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1959, Leeuwarden
  3. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/195928/roos_de

Historical events

Birthday June 5, 1913

  • The temperature on June 5, 1913 was between 12.0 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 29.5 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
    • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
    • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
    • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
    • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
    • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

Day of death December 11, 1959

  • The temperature on December 11, 1959 was between -2.0 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
    • April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
    • April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
    • April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
    • June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
    • July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
    • September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1957 » Musidora, French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
  • 1959 » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1900)
  • 1964 » Percy Kilbride, American actor (b. 1888)
  • 1964 » Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
  • 1966 » Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (b. 1881)

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