Family tree Weening » Martinus Zijlstra (1916-)
Personal data Martinus Zijlstra
- He was born on February 7, 1916 in Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: landarbeider.
- He died in -.
- A child of Harm Zijlstra and Gertje Zijlstra
- This information was last updated on October 1, 2024.
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Household of Martinus Zijlstra
He is married to (Not public).
They got married on February 27, 1947 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 31 years old.Source 2
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Historical events
Birthday February 7, 1916
- The temperature on February 7, 1916 was between 1.6 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
- April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
- May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
- August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
- August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
- November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
Day of marriage February 27, 1947
- The temperature on February 27, 1947 was between -6.0 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
- April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
- April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
- June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
- July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
- September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
- December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
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