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Personal data Ruurd Potstra 


Household of Ruurd Potstra

He is married to Aaltje Boonstra.

They got married on April 17, 1937 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 28 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ruurd Potstra

Ruurd Pieters Potstra
1833-1897
Maria Taekes Schoffelmeer
1840-1914
Steffen Krijns Stellingwerf
1819-1902
Geeske Bijlstra
1834-1902
Taeke Potstra
1871-1943

Ruurd Potstra
1908-1988

1937

Aaltje Boonstra
1904-1986


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1908, Dantumadeel
  2. https://www.graftombe.nl/names/info/547337/potstra
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Historical events

Birthday July 3, 1908

  • The temperature on July 3, 1908 was between 10.6 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
    • April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
    • June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
    • July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
    • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
    • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.

Day of marriage April 17, 1937

  • The temperature on April 17, 1937 was between 7.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
    • May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
    • May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
    • June 14 » Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
    • July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
    • July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".

Day of death April 13, 1988

  • The temperature on April 13, 1988 was between 0.4 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1988: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
    • March 17 » Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
    • July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
    • August 10 » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
    • August 28 » Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
    • November 22 » In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.


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