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He is married to Antje Jacobs Zwama.

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  • The temperature on October 12, 1906 was between 5.8 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
    • June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
    • June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
    • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
    • September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
    • December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
  • The temperature on October 10, 1980 was between 6.0 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
  • 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 year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
    • March 27 » Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
    • April 2 » United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
    • April 24 » Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
    • May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
    • June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.
    • July 5 » Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).


Same birth/death day

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  • 1904 » Lester Dent, American journalist and author († 1959)
  • 1906 » Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager († 1984)
  • 1906 » John Murray, American playwright and producer († 1984)
  • 1906 » Piero Taruffi, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1988)
  • 1908 » Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic († 1991)

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  • 1977 » Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (b. 1930)
  • 1978 » Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)
  • 1978 » Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (b. 1910)
  • 1979 » Christopher Evans, English psychologist, computer scientist, and author (b. 1931)
  • 1979 » Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1886)
  • 1982 » Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (b. 1908)

About the surname Van der Til


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Abele Jan Zandstra, "Family tree verwanten aanverwanten Zandstra/Agema", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-zandstra-agema/I92869.php : accessed June 25, 2024), "Jan Douwes van der Til (1906-1980)".