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Personal data Grietje Wierda 


Household of Grietje Wierda

She is married to Jan Pitstra.

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

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1915, Leeuwarden
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/2263402/wierda
  3. (Not public)

Historical events

Birthday October 20, 1915

  • The temperature on October 20, 1915 was between 2.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
    • March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
    • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
    • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
    • July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
    • July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
    • September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.

Day of death September 5, 1997

  • The temperature on September 5, 1997 was between 11.1 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
    • March 22 » Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
    • June 10 » Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
    • July 1 » China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
    • July 27 » About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
    • August 20 » Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
    • December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1913 » Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player († 1998)
  • 1914 » Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer († 2006)
  • 1917 » Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
  • 1917 » Stéphane Hessel, German-French activist and diplomat († 2013)
  • 1918 » Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot († 2013)

Source: Wikipedia


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