Family tree Weening » Wopke van der Bij (1929-1990)
Personal data Wopke van der Bij
- He was born on September 28, 1929 in Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).Source 1
- He died on May 12, 1990 in -, he was 60 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen (Fr).
- A child of Jan van der Bij and Rinskje Dijkstra
- This information was last updated on July 13, 2026.
Household of Wopke van der Bij
He is married to Femmigje Meppelink.
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Birthday September 28, 1929
- The temperature on September 28, 1929 was between 5.8 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
- January 1 » The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
- January 20 » The first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, In Old Arizona, is released.
- September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
- October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
- November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
- December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
Day of death May 12, 1990
- The temperature on May 12, 1990 was between 9.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1990: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
- January 20 » Protests in Azerbaijan, part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
- February 2 » Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
- July 11 » Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
- August 6 » Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
- August 28 » An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
- September 9 » Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.
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