Family tree Weening » Olfert van Dijk (1921-1996)
Personal data Olfert van Dijk
- He was born on March 27, 1921 in Doezum, gem. Grootegast (Gr).Source 1
- He died on January 10, 1996 in -, he was 74 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Groningen (Gr).
- A child of Iene van Dijk and Jantiena Sikkens
- This information was last updated on November 1, 2024.
Household of Olfert van Dijk
He is married to Wilhelmina de Haan.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Jacob van Dijk 1960-1965
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Historical events
Birthday March 27, 1921
- The temperature on March 27, 1921 was between 3.2 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
- June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
- July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
- September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
- November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
- November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
Day of death January 10, 1996
- The temperature on January 10, 1996 was between 3.6 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
- January 9 » First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
- February 15 » At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
- April 24 » In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
- May 27 » First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
- October 16 » Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.
- November 7 » NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
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