Family tree Ype Ypes (waaronder van der Meulen) » Meye Wiersma (1897-1960)
Personal data Meye Wiersma
- He was born on July 29, 1897 in Workum.
- He died on August 23, 1960 in Sneek, he was 63 years old.
- A child of Jetse Wiersma and Klaaske van der Berg
- This information was last updated on January 13, 2010.
Household of Meye Wiersma
He is married to Klaske Nijenhuis.
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Birthday July 29, 1897
- The temperature on July 29, 1897 was about 20.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1897: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
- July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
- August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
- August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
- September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
- December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of death August 23, 1960
- The temperature on August 23, 1960 was between 15.8 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
- January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
- February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
- March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
- March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
- August 11 » Chad declares independence.
- December 11 » French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.
Same birth/death day
- 1896 » Maria L. de Hernández, Mexican-American rights activist († 1986)
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- 1898 » Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1988)
- 1899 » Walter Beall, American baseball player († 1959)
- 1900 » Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1976)
- 1900 » Mary V. Austin, Australian community worker and political activist († 1986)
- 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
- 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
- 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
- 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
- 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
- 1966 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
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