Family tree Weening » Foppe de Jong (1917-2004)
Personal data Foppe de Jong
- He was born on January 17, 1917 in Dronrijp, gem. Menaldumadeel (Fr).Source 1
- Profession: onderhoudsmonteur.
- He died on September 23, 2004 in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, he was 87 years old.
- This information was last updated on May 21, 2026.
Household of Foppe de Jong
He is married to Jetske Hofstra.
They got married on July 9, 1947 at Franeker (Fr), he was 30 years old.
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Birthday January 17, 1917
- The temperature on January 17, 1917 was between -0.6 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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).
- August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
- August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
- October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
- December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
Day of death September 23, 2004
- The temperature on September 23, 2004 was between 10.0 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
- June 5 » Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
- August 3 » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
- October 27 » The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86 years.
- October 29 » The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
- November 21 » The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100billion) of Iraq's external debt.
- December 20 » A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
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