Genealogy Bovenschen, Looijenga, Van Gelderen en Van Donk » Garret Ekkens (1878-1962)
Personal data Garret Ekkens
- He was born on August 20, 1878 in Grand Haven-Michigan (USA).
- He died on February 20, 1962 in Grand Haven-Michigan (USA), he was 83 years old.
- He is buried in Grand Haven-Michigan (USA).
- A child of Wibbe Ekkens and Catherine van Lopik
- This information was last updated on August 27, 2023.
Household of Garret Ekkens
He is married to Marguerite Jacoba Pippel.
They got married in the year 1904, he was 25 years old.Source 1
Child(ren):
- Kathryn Elizabeth Ekkens 1905-1996
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Relationship Garret Ekkens
- Garret Ekkens is the 6th great grandson of Aert van Gelder:
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Historical events
Birthday August 20, 1878
- The temperature on August 20, 1878 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
- January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
- February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
- June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
- October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
- December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Day of death February 20, 1962
- The temperature on February 20, 1962 was between 3.3 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
- May 10 » Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
- August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
- August 7 » Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
- August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
- October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
- December 7 » Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
Same birth/death day
- 1873 » Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect and academic, co-designed the National Museum of Finland († 1950)
- 1881 » Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1943)
- 1881 » Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author († 1959)
- 1884 » Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg († 1976)
- 1885 » Dino Campana, Italian poet and author († 1932)
- 1886 » Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian († 1965)
- 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
- 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
- 1963 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)
- 1966 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
- 1968 » Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
- 1969 » Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883)
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