Family tree Klavers » Herman Jay Ploegstra (1927-1976)
Personal data Herman Jay Ploegstra
- He was born on June 8, 1927 in Rudyard, Chippewa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
- Fact: (vermelding) Bloedverwantschap met Jordi en Quinten Klavers in %: 0,0010.
- He died on October 20, 1976 in Bradenton, Florida, USA, he was 49 years old.Source 1
- A child of Andrew James Ploegstra and Anjeliena Roelofiena Folkersma
- This information was last updated on March 2, 2024.
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Birthday June 8, 1927
- The temperature on June 8, 1927 was between 6.4 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 12.6 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1927: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
- February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
- April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
- May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
- July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
- August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
- December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
Day of death October 20, 1976
- The temperature on October 20, 1976 was between 9.3 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily 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)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
- April 5 » In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
- April 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
- July 19 » Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
- July 25 » Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
- October 11 » George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
- December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.
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