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Personal data Auke Zeilstra 


Household of Auke Zeilstra

He is married to Philippina Plantinga.

They got married on May 25, 1901 at Sneek, he was 22 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday December 7, 1878

  • The temperature on December 7, 1878 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
    • October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

Day of death August 1, 1957

  • The temperature on August 1, 1957 was between 12.9 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • February 18 » Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
    • February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
    • March 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
    • March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
    • April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
    • October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1873 » Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1947)
  • 1878 » Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer († 1942)
  • 1879 » Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic († 1972)
  • 1884 » John Carpenter, American sprinter († 1933)
  • 1885 » Mason Phelps, American golfer († 1945)
  • 1885 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter († 1919)

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