Ket Stamboom » Willem Johannes Ket (1902-1959)
Personal data Willem Johannes Ket
- He was born on July 21, 1902 in Woubrugge.Source 1
- He died on October 14, 1959, he was 57 years old.Source 1
- A child of Cornelis Ket and Leisje Ket
- This information was last updated on November 17, 2008.
Household of Willem Johannes Ket
He is married to Maartje de Blanken.
They got married May 1929, he was 26 years old.Source 1
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Birthday July 21, 1902
- The temperature on July 21, 1902 was between 4.0 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (56%). 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 year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
- May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
- August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
- November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
- December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
- December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of death October 14, 1959
- The temperature on October 14, 1959 was between 9.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
- January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
- February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
- March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
- April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
- April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
- August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
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