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Personal data Melle Zwama 


Household of Melle Zwama

He is married to Jacoba Steringa.

They got married on January 22, 1949 at Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland, he was 27 years old.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Melle Zwama

Jan Zwama
1859-1900
Scheltje Schriemer
1863-1939
Klaas Jans van der Heide
1855-1922
Frouktje Bakker
1860-1914
Jacob Zwama
1886-1965

Melle Zwama
1921-1973

1949

Jacoba Steringa
1921-1997


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Sources

  1. (Not public)
  2. Overlijdensregister Stadskanaal 1973
  3. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/2161830/zwama
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Historical events

Birthday March 21, 1921

  • The temperature on March 21, 1921 was between -2.7 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
    • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
    • July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
    • 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.
    • October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
    • November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.

Day of marriage January 22, 1949

  • The temperature on January 22, 1949 was between -1.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • February 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
    • April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
    • April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
    • August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
    • October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
    • December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

Day of death February 6, 1973

  • The temperature on February 6, 1973 was between 4.6 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
    • March 17 » The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
    • June 24 » The UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, is attacked by an arsonist during a church service, and 32 people die from smoke inhalation or fire.
    • August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
    • November 1 » Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
    • November 17 » Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
    • December 9 » British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1920 » Éric Rohmer, French director, film critic, journalist, novelist and screenwriter († 2010)
  • 1920 » Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player († 1970)
  • 1921 » Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor († 2014)
  • 1921 » Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist († 1986)
  • 1922 » Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2004)

Source: Wikipedia


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