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Personal data Gerhardus Johannes Cornelis "Jan" Knobben 


Household of Gerhardus Johannes Cornelis "Jan" Knobben

He is married to Wilhelmina Maria Davina.

They got married on September 22, 1944 at Enschede, he was 28 years old.

Knobben, South Australia , Flat 5-Burgatestreet Elisabeth-Grove-5112

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Notes about Gerhardus Johannes Cornelis "Jan" Knobben

In 1955 geemigreerd met het gezin naar Australie, met het schip Fairsea. Aangekomen in Canberra

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Birthday March 22, 1916

  • The temperature on March 22, 1916 was between -0.2 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
    • March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
    • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
    • May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
    • June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
    • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
    • November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Day of marriage September 22, 1944

  • The temperature on September 22, 1944 was between 8.3 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
    • March 24 » World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
    • October 19 » United States forces land in the Philippines.
    • October 20 » American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands.
    • November 1 » World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.
    • November 4 » World War II: The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.

Day of death November 29, 2008

  • The temperature on November 29, 2008 was between -1.9 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
    • February 23 » A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
    • April 8 » The construction of the world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.
    • May 31 » Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds
    • June 8 » At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
    • July 13 » Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
    • August 18 » War of Afghanistan: Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.


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