Family tree Abas » Benjamin de Vries Gokkes (1893-1943)
Personal data Benjamin de Vries Gokkes
- He was born on November 25, 1893 in Amsterdam.
- He died on March 5, 1943 in Sobibor, he was 49 years old.
- A child of Jesaja de Vries and Jansje Gokkes
- This information was last updated on October 25, 2003.
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He is married to Esther Frankfort.
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Birthday November 25, 1893
- The temperature on November 25, 1893 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
- August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
- August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
- September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
- October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
- November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
Day of death March 5, 1943
- The temperature on March 5, 1943 was between -1.1 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- January 11 » Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
- January 14 » World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
- February 10 » World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
- February 14 » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
- July 10 » World War II: Operation Husky begins in Sicily.
- November 19 » Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.
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- 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
- 1944 » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
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- 1947 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
- 1950 » Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
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