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Personal data Cornelis Zwaan 


Household of Cornelis Zwaan

He is married to Grietje Wit.

They got married on December 8, 1932 at Sint Maarten, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 25 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday May 15, 1907

  • The temperature on May 15, 1907 was between 7.2 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
    • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
    • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
    • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
    • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
    • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.


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