Family tree Weening » Ype Gerbens Poortinga (1918-1979)
Personal data Ype Gerbens Poortinga
- He was born on March 30, 1918 in Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- He died on January 12, 1979 in -, he was 60 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Augsbuurt, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).
- A child of Hendrik Poortinga and Elske Westra
- This information was last updated on February 18, 2022.
Household of Ype Gerbens Poortinga
He is married to Sijtske Solle.
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Birthday March 30, 1918
- The temperature on March 30, 1918 was between 4.0 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
- January 28 » Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
- August 17 » Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
- September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
- October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
- November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
- November 21 » The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
Day of death January 12, 1979
- The temperature on January 12, 1979 was between 0.5 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 7 » Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
- May 9 » Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
- October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
- October 18 » The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
- November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
- December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
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