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Personal data George Eduward Cooke 

  • He was born on January 17, 1903 in Semarang.Source 1
  • Occupations:
    • empoye bij de K.N.I.M.C..Source 2
    • from 1942 till 1945 landstorm soldaat Subs Cie KNIL.Source 2
  • He died on February 2, 1947 in Semarang, he was 44 years old.
  • He is buried in Ereveld Tjandi, vak C-nr174.Source 2
  • This information was last updated on June 30, 2025.

Household of George Eduward Cooke

He is married to Ida Louise de Busschere.

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George Eduward Cooke
1903-1947


Ida Louise de Busschere
1909-????

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Historical events

Birthday January 17, 1903

  • The temperature on January 17, 1903 was between -4.7 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (70%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
    • May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
    • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
    • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
    • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
    • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.

Day of death February 2, 1947

  • The temperature on February 2, 1947 was between -9.0 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -4.8 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
    • August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
    • October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
    • November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
    • November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
    • November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1901 » Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author († 1973)
  • 1904 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator († 1969)
  • 1905 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic († 1950)
  • 1905 » Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1966)
  • 1905 » Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2007)
  • 1905 » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player († 2005)

Source: Wikipedia


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