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Personal data Willem Klaassen 


Household of Willem Klaassen

He is married to Gerrigje Dokter.

They got married on June 29, 1929 at Ede, he was 26 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday June 14, 1903

  • The temperature on June 14, 1903 was between 8.0 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). 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 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
    • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
    • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
    • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
    • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
    • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Day of death October 20, 1942

  • The temperature on October 20, 1942 was between 11.1 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • January 19 » World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
    • June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
    • August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
    • September 12 » World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
    • November 4 » World War II: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel begins a retreat of his forces after a costly defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein. The retreat would ultimately last five months.
    • November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1900 » Ruth Nanda Anshen, American writer, editor, and philosopher († 2003)
  • 1903 » Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician († 1995)
  • 1903 » Rose Rand, Austrian-American logician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1980)
  • 1904 » Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist († 1971)
  • 1905 » Arthur Davis, American animator and director († 2000)
  • 1905 » Steve Broidy, American businessman († 1991)

Source: Wikipedia


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