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Personal data Wessel Veenstra 


Household of Wessel Veenstra

He is married to Antje Elzenga.

They got married on May 16, 1914 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 27 years old.Source 3


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1887, Dantumadeel
  2. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/446680/veenstra
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Birthday February 12, 1887

  • The temperature on February 12, 1887 was about -4.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
    • February 23 » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
    • April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
    • May 9 » Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
    • July 4 » The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
    • November 9 » The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Day of marriage May 16, 1914

  • The temperature on May 16, 1914 was between 4.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
    • July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
    • August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
    • August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
    • October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
    • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Day of death June 13, 1972

  • The temperature on June 13, 1972 was between 3.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • March 2 » The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
    • April 6 » Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
    • April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
    • September 9 » In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
    • December 13 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
    • December 18 » Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.


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