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Personal data Donald Arthur van Beek 

  • He was born on December 14, 1918 in Chicago (Illinois, USA).
  • He died on July 12, 2013 in Mobile (Alabama, USA), he was 94 years old.
  • This information was last updated on November 10, 2020.

Household of Donald Arthur van Beek

He is married to Helen Jean Doornbos.

They got married on December 4, 1942 at Spring Lake (Ottawa, Michigan, USA), he was 23 years old.

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Historical events

  • The temperature on December 14, 1918 was between 8.6 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 13.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » SSTuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
    • April 8 » World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.
    • May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
    • July 9 » In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
    • August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
    • November 21 » The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
  • The temperature on July 12, 2013 was between 7.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
    • April 23 » At least 28 people are killed and more than 70 are injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.
    • June 11 » Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It reopened exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
    • July 29 » Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.
    • August 21 » Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
    • September 6 » It was announced that Leeuwarden would become cultural capital of Europe of 2018 together with Valletta.
    • October 15 » The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 die.


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