Family tree Weening » Wiertje Gorter (1921-2020)
Personal data Wiertje Gorter
- She was born on June 20, 1921 in Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a. (Fr).Source 1
- She died on May 8, 2020 in -, she was 98 years old.Source 2
- She is buried in Doezum, gem. Grootegast (Gr).
- A child of Kornelis Gorter and Trientje Hovinga
- This information was last updated on November 1, 2024.
Household of Wiertje Gorter
She is married to Lieuwe Helmus.
They got married on November 2, 1940 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, she was 19 years old.Source 3
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Historical events
Birthday June 20, 1921
- The temperature on June 20, 1921 was between 8.9 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
- March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
- May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
- June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
- June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
- September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
- September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
Day of marriage November 2, 1940
- The temperature on November 2, 1940 was between 6.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
- March 16 » First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
- April 25 » Merkið, the flag of the Faroe Islands is approved by the British occupation government.
- June 14 » Seven hundred twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
- September 16 » World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
- September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
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