Eijssens-Vickers Tree » Benjamin Hey (1869-1955)
Personal data Benjamin Hey
- He was born April 1869 in Ripponden, England.
- He died on March 4, 1955 in Wanganui, New Zealand, he was 85 years old.
- A child of Joseph Hey and Sarah Gawthrop
- This information was last updated on June 3, 2021.
Household of Benjamin Hey
He is married to Matilda Fielding.
They got married April 1893 at Halifax, England, he was 24 years old.
Child(ren):
- Thomas Hey 1894-1975
- William Ewart Hey 1898-1980
- Nora Hey 1900-1901
- Elsie Hey 1903-
- Lily Hey 1904-1907
- Edith Hey 1910-
- John Hey 1912-1967
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Historical events
Day of death March 4, 1955
- The temperature on March 4, 1955 was between -2.7 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
- February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
- June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
- June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
- July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
- July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
- November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
Same birth/death day
- 1948 » Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (b. 1896)
- 1949 » Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (b. 1882)
- 1952 » Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
- 1954 » Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (b. 1898)
- 1960 » Herbert O'Conor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (b. 1896)
- 1963 » William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1883)
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Keith Vickers, "Eijssens-Vickers Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/eijssens-vickers-tree/I154.php : accessed March 1, 2026), "Benjamin Hey (1869-1955)".