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.
- February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
- March 17 » The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
- March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
- March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
- April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
- July 22 » Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
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.
- June 3 » World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
- June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
- July 19 » World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
- September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
- November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
- November 20 » World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
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