Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Pieter de Best (1905-1969)
Personal data Pieter de Best
- He was born on July 24, 1905 in Katwijk, ZH, NL.Source 1
- He died on January 11, 1969 in Katwijk, ZH, NL, he was 63 years old.Source 1
- A child of Leendert de Best and Grietje van den Oever
- This information was last updated on October 25, 2024.
Household of Pieter de Best
He is married to Jannetje van Duijn.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Pieter de Best 1937-< 2007
Event (Aantal kinderen (totaal) vzb): 6.
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Historical events
Birthday July 24, 1905
- The temperature on July 24, 1905 was between 10.9 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
- April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
- May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
- May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
- August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- September 8 » The 7.2 Mw Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
Day of death January 11, 1969
- The temperature on January 11, 1969 was between -0.3 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
- January 17 » Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
- May 26 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
- June 23 » IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
- June 23 » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
- July 16 » Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
- September 9 » In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
Same birth/death day
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- 1904 » Richard B. Morris, American historian and academic († 1989)
- 1909 » John William Finn, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 2010)
- 1910 » Harry Horner, American director and production designer († 1994)
- 1965 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893)
- 1966 » Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)
- 1966 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)
- 1968 » Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
- 1969 » Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (b. 1890)
- 1972 » Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1881)
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Coos van Spijk, "Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/van-spijk-stamboom/I97563.php : accessed February 19, 2026), "Pieter de Best (1905-1969)".