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Personal data Douwe Westra 


Household of Douwe Westra

He is married to Hinke Westerhof.

They got married on March 21, 1940 at Achtkarspelen (Fr), he was 18 years old.Source 3

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Douwe Westra

Jasper Jans Westra
1847-1927
Antje Jans van der Veen
1854-1908
Douwe Johannes de Vries
1861-1936
Marijke Zandstra
1867-1945

Douwe Westra
1921-1980

1940

Hinke Westerhof
1922-2010


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Sources

  1. (Not public)
  2. https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/zerken.asp?command=showgraf&bgp=1745&grafid=1296459&view=Zerkenlijst&page=3
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Historical events

Birthday October 27, 1921

  • The temperature on October 27, 1921 was between 8.1 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
    • February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
    • February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
    • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
    • July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
    • 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 » United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.

Day of marriage March 21, 1940

  • The temperature on March 21, 1940 was between 6.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • February 29 » 12th Academy Awards: For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
    • March 23 » The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
    • May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
    • May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
    • June 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
    • July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.

Day of death July 30, 1980

  • The temperature on July 30, 1980 was between 12.6 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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)
  • 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
    • March 27 » Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
    • April 18 » The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
    • May 18 » Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
    • July 8 » The inaugural 1980 State of Origin game is won by Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park.
    • October 9 » Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
    • November 28 » Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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