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Personal data Jan Pitstra 


Household of Jan Pitstra

He is married to Grietje Wierda.

They got married on May 20, 1936 at Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 20 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Pitstra

Jan Pitstra
1866-1926
Imke Bijma
1863-1938
Jetze Jans Veenstra
1853-1902
Antje Thijses Weening
1850-1896

Jan Pitstra
1915-1987

1936

Grietje Wierda
1915-1997


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1915, Achtkarspelen
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/2263401/pitstra
  3. (Not public)

Historical events

Birthday August 1, 1915

  • The temperature on August 1, 1915 was between 9.3 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
    • March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
    • March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
    • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
    • July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
    • August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

Day of marriage May 20, 1936

  • The temperature on May 20, 1936 was between 8.4 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
    • April 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
    • April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
    • April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
    • August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
    • August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.

Day of death September 22, 1987

  • The temperature on September 22, 1987 was between 12.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
    • April 19 » The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.
    • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
    • October 6 » Fiji becomes a republic.
    • October 11 » Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
    • November 28 » South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
    • December 20 » In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker 'MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).


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