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Personal data Joost Ritskes 

  • He was born on March 4, 1926 in Groningen.Source 1
  • Fact: (vermelding) Bloedverwantschap met Jordi en Quinten Klavers in %: 0,1965.
  • He died on December 18, 2003 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, he was 77 years old.
    Vermoedelijk bij het verwisselen van een gasfles over boord gevallen en verdronken aan de Snekertrekweg te Leeuwarden. Het schip (tjalk Spes, gekocht van oom Johannes) verkocht in november 2005, wordt weer in originele staat gebracht.
  • He is buried on December 23, 2003 in Noorderbegraafplaats, Leeuwarden.Source 2
  • A child of Thijs Ritskes and Gezina Heemstra
  • This information was last updated on January 28, 2011.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joost Ritskes

Joost Ritskes
1865-1928
Grietje de Vries
1867-1930
Thijs Ritskes
1897-1982

Joost Ritskes
1926-2003


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Historical events

Birthday March 4, 1926

  • The temperature on March 4, 1926 was between -0.2 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
    • January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
    • March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
    • September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
    • October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
    • November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
    • December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.

Day of death December 18, 2003

  • The temperature on December 18, 2003 was between -2.6 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
    • January 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
    • March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
    • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
    • July 15 » AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
    • August 19 » A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
    • December 24 » The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50kg of explosives at 3:55p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.

Day of burial December 23, 2003

  • The temperature on December 23, 2003 was between -1.0 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
    • January 27 » The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress.
    • February 4 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
    • March 17 » Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
    • May 28 » Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
    • August 10 » European heat wave: The then-highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom, 38.5°C (101.3°F) in Kent, England. This record was later surpassed in July 2019.
    • November 22 » Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.


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