Family tree Van Sunten » Gerard "Gradus" Donkers (1910-2000)
Personal data Gerard "Gradus" Donkers
- Nickname is Gradus.
- He was born on August 6, 1910 in Horssen.
- He died on April 28, 2000 in Druten, he was 89 years old.
- The birth parents are Gradus Donkers and Johanna Diebels
- This information was last updated on October 18, 2010.
Household of Gerard "Gradus" Donkers
He is married to Jacoba Janssen.
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Notes about Gerard "Gradus" Donkers
_UPD 27 OCT 2009 19:29:21 GMT+1
SURN Donkers
_UID A5696593-89F9-48BF-8AA9-0C7CC1B35520
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Birthday August 6, 1910
- The temperature on August 6, 1910 was between 10.3 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
- March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
- April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
- May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
- May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
- July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
- November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
Day of death April 28, 2000
- The temperature on April 28, 2000 was between 8.4 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
- January 14 » A United Nations tribunal sentences five Roman Catholic Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years in prison for the 1993 killing of more than 100 Bosnian Muslims.
- March 21 » Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
- April 22 » In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.
- April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
- June 21 » Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
- November 9 » Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.
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