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Personal data Robert Edward Fokkens 


Household of Robert Edward Fokkens

He is married to Vivian Shippy.

They got married on July 17, 1943 at Morehead City (Carteret County) (North Carolina), he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Cathy Marie Fokkens  1956-1956

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert Edward Fokkens

Fokko Fokkens
1852-1927
Hilje Prins
1853-1932

Robert Edward Fokkens
1917-1990

1943

Vivian Shippy
1914-1990

Cathy Marie Fokkens
1956-1956

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Historical events

Birthday October 10, 1917

  • The temperature on October 10, 1917 was between 3.7 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
    • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
    • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
    • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
    • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
    • December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.

Day of marriage July 17, 1943

  • The temperature on July 17, 1943 was between 6.8 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
    • June 12 » The Holocaust: Germany liquidates the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews are led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot.
    • October 14 » World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president.
    • November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
    • December 13 » World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
    • December 28 » World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.

Day of death January 1, 1990

  • The average temperature on January 1, 1990 was 0.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
    • March 18 » In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
    • March 31 » Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
    • May 4 » Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
    • July 2 » In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca.
    • August 8 » Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.


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  • 1919 » Gerry Gomez, Trinidadian cricketer, manager, and umpire († 1996)
  • 1919 » Kim Ki-young, South Korean director, screenwriter, producer, and editor († 1997)
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