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Personal data Ruurd Veenstra 


Household of Ruurd Veenstra

He is married to Elselina Werkman.

They got married after 1947.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ruurd Veenstra

Joon Oedzes Feenstra
1817-1882
Ytje Klazes Smids
1821-1896
Ruurd Karstens Westra
1842-1904
Klaaske Eelkes Zandstra
1840-1885

Ruurd Veenstra
1905-1968

> 1947

Elselina Werkman
1905-2005


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Sources

  1. Geboorteregister 1905, Achtkarspelen
  2. Overlijdensregister 1968, Achtkarspelen
  3. https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/zerken.asp?sortpers=naam&command=showgraf&bgp=1752&grafid=2018140&char=V

Historical events

Birthday May 10, 1905

  • The temperature on May 10, 1905 was between 1.4 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
    • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
    • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
    • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
    • November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
    • December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.

Day of death October 1, 1968

  • The temperature on October 1, 1968 was between 7.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
    • April 4 » A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
    • November 27 » Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
    • December 9 » Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).
    • December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
    • December 25 » Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.


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