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Personal data Gerben Velstra 


Household of Gerben Velstra

He is married to Jeltje Korporaal.

They got married on June 21, 1930 at Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland, he was 30 years old.Source 3

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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1900, Tietjerksteradeel
  2. Overlijdensregister 1966, Baarderadeel
  3. Huwelijksregister 1930, Tietjerksteradeel

Historical events

Birthday March 4, 1900

  • The temperature on March 4, 1900 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
    • March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
    • March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
    • May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
    • July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
    • August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.

Day of marriage June 21, 1930

  • The temperature on June 21, 1930 was between 12.9 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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, 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 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • April 18 » The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
    • May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
    • August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
    • September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
    • September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
    • October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.

Day of death April 16, 1966

  • The temperature on April 16, 1966 was between 1.8 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
    • April 26 » The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.
    • July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
    • July 4 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
    • July 10 » The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago. As many as 60,000 people attend.
    • October 15 » The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
    • October 21 » A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1968 » Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1885)
  • 1968 » Fay Bainter, American actress (b. 1893)
  • 1969 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)

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