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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.
    • April 24 » The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide.
    • May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
    • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
    • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
    • August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
    • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.

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.
    • January 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
    • April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
    • May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
    • September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
    • October 15 » The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
    • October 25 » After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 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)
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Source: Wikipedia


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