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Household of Fransiscus Leonardus Joseph (Frans) Franciscus Wennekes

He is married to Jacoba Antonia Elisabeth (Koos) van Hooijdonk.

They got married on May 8, 1950 at Nijmegen, he was 27 years old.


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Notes about Fransiscus Leonardus Joseph (Frans) Franciscus Wennekes

Franciscus Leonardus Joseph (Frans) Wennekes (Nijmegen, 13 maart 1923 – Amersfoort, 5 juli 2004) was een Nederlandse journalist. Tussen 1958 en 1975 was hij voor de stichting Zuid-Oost-Pers en de Audet NV buitenlands correspondent in de toenmalige Duitse hoofdstad Bonn.

 

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Frans Wennekes groeide als jongste van vijf kinderen op in het Nijmeegse bakkersmilieu van zijn ouders. Na de middelbareschoolopleiding volgde Wennekes enkele semesters theologie en vergelijkende godsdienstwetenschappen aan de Katholieke Universiteit van Nijmegen. In 1943 sloot die universiteit onder dwang van de Duitse bezetter de deur en en viel het grootste deel van de studenten onder de Arbeitseinsatz. Wennekes werd ingedeeld om te werken in de melk- en kaasfabriek Praest bij ;Emmerik, net over de Duitse grens.

Eind jaren veertig werd hij bij De Gelderlander sportverslaggever. Daarna werd hij lid van de redactie binnenland om onder leiding van zijn mentor Louis Frequin, de toenmalige hoofdredacteur, te worden toegevoegd aan de redactie buitenland. In de jaren '50 van de vorige eeuw verzorgde Wennekes de vertaling en bewerking van "Recht op eigen geweten" van Nikolai Chochlof. In 1958 werd hij door de Audet NV uitgezonden als buitenlands correspondent[1] met standplaats Bonn, de toenmalige hoofdstad van de Bondsrepubliek Duitsland. In 1959 zond de NCRV zijn hoorspel "De Vlucht" over Titus Brandsma twee keer uit.[bron?]

Wennekes trad meerdere malen op in Der Internationale Frühschoppen van de Duitse zender ARD.[2] Daarnaast was hij werkzaam voor Actueel. Zijn artikelenreeks over Adolf Hitler verscheen als gebundelde uitgave in 1983 onder de titel "Adolf Hitler - De man die uit het niets kwam".[3]

 

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Wennekes werd in de jaren tachtig van de vorige eeuw drie keer onderscheiden als Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau, als Officier in de Orde van Leopold II[4] en met het Bundesverdienstkreuz Erster Klasse.[5]

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Historical events

Birthday March 13, 1923

  • The temperature on March 13, 1923 was between 3.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
    • August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
    • August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
    • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
    • September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
    • October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.

Day of marriage May 8, 1950

  • The temperature on May 8, 1950 was between 8.9 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • January 13 » Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
    • January 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
    • February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
    • May 9 » Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
    • July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
    • August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.

Day of death July 5, 2004

  • The temperature on July 5, 2004 was between 9.9 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The RMSQueen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
    • March 19 » March 19 Shooting Incident: The Republic of China(Taiwan) president Chen Shui-bian was shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
    • April 8 » War in Darfur: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
    • August 3 » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
    • September 15 » National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
    • October 2 » The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.

Day of burial July 10, 2004

  • The temperature on July 10, 2004 was between 10.1 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
    • January 21 » NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
    • March 19 » Catalina affair: A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work.
    • May 26 » United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
    • June 8 » The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
    • September 8 » NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
    • December 5 » The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.


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