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Ancestors (and descendant) of Petrus Joannes van Gorkom

Hubertus van Gorkom
1785-????
Johanna Maria Donders
± 1791-????
Jan Baptist van Son
± 1797-????
Maria Catharina Brahm
± 1798-????

Petrus Joannes van Gorkom
1878-1954


Catharina Wagemakers
1880-1970


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Birthday September 7, 1878

  • The temperature on September 7, 1878 was about 15.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
    • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
    • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
    • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
    • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
    • December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

Day of death October 16, 1954

  • The temperature on October 16, 1954 was between 10.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
    • March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
    • June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
    • July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
    • August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
    • September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.


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