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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
  2. https://www.familysearch.org
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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 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
    • January 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
    • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
    • November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
    • November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
    • November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.

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.
    • May 15 » Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak.
    • September 27 » The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
    • October 30 » President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
    • December 11 » World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.
    • December 15 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv.
    • December 19 » World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMSValiant and HMSQueen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.

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.
    • April 8 » The Republic of North Macedonia joins the United Nations.
    • May 24 » Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.
    • August 8 » The 7.8 Mw  Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
    • September 27 » The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
    • November 9 » Stari Most, the "old bridge" in the Bosnian city of Mostar, built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces during the Croat–Bosniak War.
    • November 18 » In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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