Family tree Weening » John van der Ploeg (1902-1983)

Personal data John van der Ploeg 

  • He was born on October 18, 1902 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
  • He died on September 26, 1983 in Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, he was 80 years old.Source 1
  • He is buried in Hudsonville, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
  • This information was last updated on November 26, 2023.

Household of John van der Ploeg

He is married to Henrietta Bouwkamp.

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Sources

  1. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/82748295/john-vander_ploeg

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Historical events

Birthday October 18, 1902

  • The temperature on October 18, 1902 was between 5.6 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
    • April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
    • May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
    • May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
    • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
    • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

Day of death September 26, 1983

  • The temperature on September 26, 1983 was between 5.1 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
    • January 18 » The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
    • February 18 » Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
    • April 7 » During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.
    • June 5 » More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.
    • August 21 » Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
    • September 1 » Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.


Same birth/death day

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Source: Wikipedia

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