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Personal data Jan Smits 


Household of Jan Smits

He is married to Ruurtje Helbig.

They got married on June 19, 1924 at Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1894, Westdongeradeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/396006/smits
  3. Huwelijksregister 1924, Oostdongeradeel

Historical events

Birthday January 25, 1894

  • The temperature on January 25, 1894 was about 1.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
    • March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
    • May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
    • June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
    • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
    • November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

Day of death September 21, 1977

  • The temperature on September 21, 1977 was between 8.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • 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 1977: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
    • January 18 » SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    • January 20 » Jimmy Carter is inaugurated the 39th President of the United States of America.
    • May 17 » Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese's in San Jose, California.
    • August 12 » The first free flight of the Space ShuttleEnterprise.
    • November 26 » An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
    • December 13 » Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.


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Source: Wikipedia

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