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Personal data Jan de Graaf 

  • The name is of type 'name given at or near birth'
  • He was born on March 30, 1883.
  • He died on August 21, 1981, he was 98 years old.
  • This information was last updated on November 27, 2022.

Household of Jan de Graaf

He is married to Sietske Bos.

They got married on February 21, 1908 at Odoorn, he was 24 years old.

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Historical events

  • The temperature on March 30, 1883 was about 10.9 °C. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
    • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
    • August 21 » An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
    • August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
    • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
    • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
  • The temperature on August 21, 1981 was between 11.6 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
    • April 11 » A massive riot in Brixton, south London results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
    • May 26 » Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
    • June 13 » At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
    • July 7 » US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
    • September 18 » The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
    • October 22 » The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) for its strike the previous August.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1875 » Thomas Xenakis, Greek-American gymnast († 1942)
  • 1879 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater († 1954)
  • 1880 » Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist, playwright, and memoirist († 1964)
  • 1882 » Melanie Klein, Jewish Austrian-English psychologist and author († 1960)
  • 1888 » J. R. Williams, Canadian-born cartoonist († 1957)
  • 1891 » Chunseong, Korean monk, writer and philosopher († 1977)

Source: Wikipedia


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