FutureHistory » Felix Frans van Praet (1906-1964)
Personal data Felix Frans van Praet
- He was born on August 11, 1906 in Niel, België.
- He died on December 31, 1964 in Boom, België, he was 58 years old.
- A child of Stephanus Franciscus van Praet and Maria Theresia Winckelmans
Household of Felix Frans van Praet
He is married to Ivonne Louise Hermans.
They got married
Timeline Felix Frans van Praet
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Birthday August 11, 1906
- The temperature on August 11, 1906 was between 12.8 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
- April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
- July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
- September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
- September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
- November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
Day of death December 31, 1964
- The temperature on December 31, 1964 was between 3.0 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 15.2 mm of rain during 9.6 hours. The partly or 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
- March 20 » The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
- May 5 » The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
- July 6 » Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
- August 13 » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
- September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
- December 24 » Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashes after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, killing three.
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- 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
- 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
- 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
- 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
- 1970 » Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
- 1972 » Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)
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Peeters Mathieu, "FutureHistory", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-riske/I24925.php : accessed February 8, 2026), "Felix Frans van Praet (1906-1964)".