Family tree Van Willigen » Sijmen van Willigen (1911-1979)

Personal data Sijmen van Willigen 

  • He was born on February 4, 1911.
  • He died on January 8, 1979, he was 67 years old.
  • He is buried in Asperen.
    Zerk id-nummer 39985 Begraafplaatsnr.75 (Plaats)aanduiding 333.
  • This information was last updated on September 23, 2012.

Household of Sijmen van Willigen

He has/had a relationship with Neeltje Blom.

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Historical events

Birthday February 4, 1911

  • The temperature on February 4, 1911 was between -4.1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
    • January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
    • February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
    • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
    • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
    • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.

Day of death January 8, 1979

  • The average temperature on January 8, 1979 was 0.5 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 10.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • February 13 » An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a ​⁄2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
    • March 30 » Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
    • August 5 » In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
    • November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
    • December 3 » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
    • December 4 » The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.


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