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Personal data Johannes "Jan" Doensen 

  • Nickname is Jan.
  • He was born on March 31, 1925 in Meyel, Limburg, Nederland.
  • He died on October 7, 1998 in Helden-Panningen, Limburg, Nederland, he was 73 years old.
  • This information was last updated on August 1, 2024.

Household of Johannes "Jan" Doensen

He is married to Gertruda Kessels.

They got married on June 23, 1952 at Helden-Grashoek, Limburg, Nederland, he was 27 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday March 31, 1925

  • The temperature on March 31, 1925 was between 5.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
    • January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
    • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
    • April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
    • May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
    • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
    • July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).

Day of death October 7, 1998

  • The temperature on October 7, 1998 was between 6.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1998: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
    • January 13 » Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
    • February 28 » First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
    • March 24 » First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
    • May 21 » In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker.
    • November 9 » A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing.


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