Family tree Weening » Henry Benjamin Harmsen (1901-1983)

Personal data Henry Benjamin Harmsen 

  • He was born on August 12, 1901 in Lamont, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
  • He died on February 24, 1983 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, he was 81 years old.Source 1
  • He is buried in Lamont, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
  • This information was last updated on November 25, 2023.

Household of Henry Benjamin Harmsen

He is married to Gertrude Bouwkamp.

They got married.

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Sources

  1. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/113492793/henry-benjamin-harmsen

Historical events

Birthday August 12, 1901

  • The temperature on August 12, 1901 was between 11.0 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (62%). 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
    • September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
    • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
    • October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
    • November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
    • November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.

Day of death February 24, 1983

  • The temperature on February 24, 1983 was between -1.9 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • February 16 » The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
    • February 28 » The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
    • April 12 » Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
    • May 17 » Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
    • May 26 » The 7.8 Mw  Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
    • November 27 » Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.


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Source: Wikipedia

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