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Personal data Dirk Veenstra 


Household of Dirk Veenstra

He is married to Hendrikje Reitsma.

They got married on February 1, 1941 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 20 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirk Veenstra

Pieter Durks Veenstra
1847-1916
Fokje Gerbens Boskma
1850-1940
Jan de Bruin
1862-1942
Neeltje Veenstra
1869-1945

Dirk Veenstra
1920-1993

1941

Hendrikje Reitsma
1922-2011


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1920, Dantumadeel
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Historical events

Birthday May 20, 1920

  • The temperature on May 20, 1920 was between 6.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
    • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
    • April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
    • May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
    • May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
    • August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.

Day of marriage February 1, 1941

  • The temperature on February 1, 1941 was between -2.3 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • January 19 » World War II: HMSGreyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 40 miles (64km) northeast of Falkonera.
    • January 22 » World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
    • March 25 » The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
    • May 27 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
    • November 13 » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.
    • December 10 » World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.

Day of death March 29, 1993

  • The temperature on March 29, 1993 was between -2.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
    • January 3 » In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
    • February 8 » An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 and an Iranian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 collide in mid-air near Qods, Iran, killing all 133 people on board both aircraft.
    • August 1 » The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
    • September 14 » Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.
    • November 20 » Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
    • December 30 » Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican City and also upgrades to full diplomatic relations with Ireland.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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