Family tree Diverse » Philippina Catharina van Kooten Niekerk (1917-2005)
Personal data Philippina Catharina van Kooten Niekerk
- She was born on April 6, 1917 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
- She died on April 9, 2005 in Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands, she was 88 years old.
- A child of Gerrit van Kooten Niekerk and Adriana Boumeester
- This information was last updated on June 26, 2020.
Household of Philippina Catharina van Kooten Niekerk
She is married to Johannes Hermanus van der Ploeg.
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Historical events
Birthday April 6, 1917
- The temperature on April 6, 1917 was between -0.6 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
- March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
- May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
- May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
- June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
- December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
Day of death April 9, 2005
- The temperature on April 9, 2005 was between 1.4 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
- February 2 » The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
- February 14 » In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
- February 28 » A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
- April 22 » Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record.
- April 24 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
- July 10 » Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.
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