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Personal data Pieter Wilhelmus "Piet" van Diest 

  • Nickname is Piet.
  • He was born on September 28, 1914 in Walikersteeg nr.4 in Amersfoort.
    Registratie van geboorte op 29 september 1914 s'avonds om 23.30 uur geboren
  • Profession: Opperman.
  • Religion: Rooms-katholiek.
  • He died on May 22, 1974 in ZH de Lichtenberg / Amersfoort, he was 59 years old.
    Oorzaak: Slok en Longkanker
    Zaterdag 25 Mei 1974 is om 10.30 uur de gezongen uitvaartmis in de parochiekerk H. Franciscus Xaverius, waarna van de kerk uit de begrafenis zal plaats hebben
  • He is buried on May 25, 1974 in RK Begraafplaats Maranatha Dodeweg in Amersfoort.
  • A child of Jacobus Wilhelmus van Diest and Carolina Johanna van der Heiden
  • This information was last updated on September 29, 2023.

Household of Pieter Wilhelmus "Piet" van Diest

He is married to Hendrika Alijda Johanna van Brakel.

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Broer bruidengom Wilhelmus van Diest
Tante van bruid Alijda van Brakel

Permission for the marriage has been obtained in Amersfoort on April 29, 1939.

They got married on May 10, 1939 at Amersfoort, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Everardus van Diest  1941-2010 


Notes about Pieter Wilhelmus "Piet" van Diest

Woonachtig vanaf 28 september 1914: Walikersteeg nr. 4

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  • The temperature on September 28, 1914 was between 8.7 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
    • March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
    • July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
    • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
    • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
    • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
  • The temperature on May 10, 1939 was between 7.1 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • March 3 » In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
    • March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
    • April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
    • September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
    • November 17 » Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
    • December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
  • The temperature on May 22, 1974 was between 9.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • January 5 » The warmest reliably measured temperature within the Antarctic Circle, of +59°F (+15°C), is recorded at Vanda Station.
    • February 21 » The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
    • March 4 » People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
    • July 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
    • September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
    • November 23 » Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.
  • The temperature on May 25, 1974 was between 9.5 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
    • March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
    • March 29 » NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
    • July 15 » In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
    • October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
    • November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
    • December 22 » Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.


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