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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 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
    • January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
    • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
    • June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
    • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
    • November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.

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 6 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
    • May 24 » World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMSHood, killing all but three crewmen.
    • June 2 » World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
    • September 4 » World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USSGreer.
    • November 19 » World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.
    • December 15 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv.

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).
    • January 6 » Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
    • January 18 » Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.
    • January 25 » Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.
    • July 25 » The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
    • August 9 » The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.


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