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Household of Jan Smits

He is married to Wipke Visser.

They got married on July 6, 1945 at Grootegast (Gr), he was 20 years old.Source 2

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jan Smits

Gerrit Smits
1852-1898
Jan Venema
1867-1905
Jeltje Venema
1900-1956

Jan Smits
1925-1975

1945

Wipke Visser
1922-1999


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Sources

  1. https://graftombe.nl/names/info/33306/smits
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Historical events

  • The temperature on May 21, 1925 was between 7.6 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (44%). 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
    • April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
    • June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
    • July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).
    • August 9 » A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India.
    • November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
  • The temperature on July 6, 1945 was between 13.9 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • January 30 » World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.
    • April 1 » World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
    • April 7 » World War II: The battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.
    • June 10 » Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
    • September 8 » The division of Korea begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
    • September 16 » World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
  • The temperature on July 23, 1975 was between 14.4 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1975: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
    • February 4 » Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
    • February 5 » Riots break in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.
    • April 2 » Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
    • April 19 » India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
    • May 10 » Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder.
    • September 16 » Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1923 » Vernon Biever, American photographer († 2010)
  • 1924 » Peggy Cass, American actress, comedian, and game show panelist († 1999)
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Source: Wikipedia


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