Family tree Weening » Grace van Tuinen (1898-1968)

Personal data Grace van Tuinen 

  • She was born on March 21, 1898 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
  • She died on August 25, 1968 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, she was 70 years old.

Household of Grace van Tuinen

She is married to Herman Piersma.

They got married

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Sources

  1. https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/98174162/grace-piersma

Historical events

Birthday March 21, 1898

  • The temperature on March 21, 1898 was about 10.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
    • August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
    • September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
    • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
    • November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
    • December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.

Day of death August 25, 1968

  • The temperature on August 25, 1968 was between 15.9 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
    • February 17 » In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.
    • October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
    • October 16 » Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
    • December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
    • December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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