Family tree Weening » Gerrit Hellinga (1917-)
Personal data Gerrit Hellinga
- He was born on May 25, 1917 in Wehe, gem. Leens, Groningen, Nederland.Source 1
- Profession: turfschipper.
- He died in -.
- A child of Jan Sytzes Hellinga and Trijntje Postma
- This information was last updated on February 28, 2023.
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Household of Gerrit Hellinga
He is married to Geertruida Hilda Korhorn.
They got married on March 2, 1939 at Leens (Gr), he was 21 years old.Source 2
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Historical events
Birthday May 25, 1917
- The temperature on May 25, 1917 was between 9.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
- February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
- August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
- September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
Day of marriage March 2, 1939
- The temperature on March 2, 1939 was between 0.5 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- 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 year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
- March 15 » Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
- April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
- May 17 » The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
- September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
- December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.
- December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
Same birth/death day
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- 1917 » Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor († 1965)
- 1917 » Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic († 2015)
- 1920 » Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner and diplomat († 1992)
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