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Personal data Meindert Wilpstra 


Household of Meindert Wilpstra

He is married to Aaltje Zijlstra.

They got married on August 28, 1940 at Leeuwarden (Fr), he was 20 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Meindert Wilpstra

Meindert Hendriks Wilpstra
1854-1914
Feikje Filippus Pot
1850-1931
Rinze de Wind
1869-1948
Jeltje van der Veen
1866-1933

Meindert Wilpstra
1920-1991

1940

Aaltje Zijlstra
1922-2001


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Sources

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  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/2256292/wilpstra
  3. Huwelijksregister 1940, Leeuwarden

Historical events

Birthday January 31, 1920

  • The temperature on January 31, 1920 was between 1.1 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
    • June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
    • August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
    • August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
    • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
    • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.

Day of marriage August 28, 1940

  • The temperature on August 28, 1940 was between 5.9 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • February 27 » Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
    • April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
    • May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
    • June 16 » A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
    • July 19 » Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
    • November 11 » World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan.

Day of death January 7, 1991

  • The temperature on January 7, 1991 was between 5.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
    • February 18 » The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
    • August 6 » Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
    • August 19 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.
    • September 1 » Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
    • October 5 » An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
    • October 18 » The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.


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