Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum » Willem Danker (1916-1973)
Personal data Willem Danker
- He was born on July 2, 1916 in Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland.Source 1
- Resident: Barger-Compascuum | 13-05-1919 Ambt Hardenberg.
- He died on May 25, 1973, he was 56 years old.Source 2
- He is buried in Enter, Gemeente Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland.Source 3
- A child of Klamer Danker and Jantje Pol
- This information was last updated on May 22, 2024.
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He had a relationship with Aaltje Steen.
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Sources
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https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/115877471- https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/1109307/1671196/Willem-Danker-1916-1973
- https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/graf/1109307/1671196/Willem-Danker-1916-1973
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Birthday July 2, 1916
- The temperature on July 2, 1916 was between 8.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- January 10 » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
- February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
- April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
- August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
- September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
- September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
Day of death May 25, 1973
- The temperature on May 25, 1973 was between 9.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
- January 1 » Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.
- February 22 » Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
- May 18 » Aeroflot Flight 109 is hijacked mid-flight and the aircraft is subsequently destroyed when the hijacker's bomb explodes, killing all 82 people on board.
- July 13 » Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.
- September 24 » Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
- December 18 » Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.
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The Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum publication was prepared by Pauline Berens BC.
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Pauline Berens BC, "Local Heritage Book Barger-Compascuum", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ofb-barger-compascuum/I82903.php : accessed January 28, 2026), "Willem Danker (1916-1973)".