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.
- January 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
- March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
- March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
- 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.
- 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.
- August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
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 4 » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
- June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
- June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- July 5 » World War II: Foreign relations of Vichy France are severed with the United Kingdom.
- September 9 » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
- September 16 » World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
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