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Personal data William George van Beckum 


Household of William George van Beckum

He is married to Ione Flora La Droute.

They got married on September 18, 1941 at Dukuth, Minn, he was 27 years old.


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    Birthday February 22, 1914

    • The temperature on February 22, 1914 was between 4.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
      • April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
      • August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
      • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
      • August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
      • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
      • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.

    Day of marriage September 18, 1941

    • The temperature on September 18, 1941 was between 9.1 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
      • January 6 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
      • March 4 » World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
      • September 5 » Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
      • September 27 » The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
      • October 2 » World War II: In Operation Typhoon, the Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter.
      • December 6 » World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.
    

    Same birth/death day

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    • 1910 » George Hunt, English international footballer, forward († 1996)
    • 1914 » Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
    • 1915 » Gus Lesnevich, American boxer († 1964)
    • 1917 » Reed Crandall, American illustrator († 1982)
    • 1918 » Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer († 2014)
    • 1918 » Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2000)

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