Family tree Weening » Alice van der Laan (1897-1984)

Personal data Alice van der Laan 

  • She was born on May 19, 1897 in Manton, Wexford County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
  • She died on July 3, 1984 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, she was 87 years old.
  • This information was last updated on February 7, 2023.

Household of Alice van der Laan

She is married to Aldert Piersma.

They got married on March 10, 1921 at Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, she was 23 years old.

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Sources

  1. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/130465046/alice-piersma

Historical events

Birthday May 19, 1897

  • The temperature on May 19, 1897 was about 14.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
    • May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
    • May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
    • August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
    • September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
    • December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.

Day of death July 3, 1984

  • The temperature on July 3, 1984 was between 9.4 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
    • February 29 » Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.
    • April 4 » President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
    • July 1 » The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
    • September 18 » Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
    • October 11 » Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
    • December 19 » The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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