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Personal data Ben ( Barend ) Spans
- He was born on May 19, 1901 in Schoonhoven.
- He died on March 4, 1973 in Amsterdam, he was 71 years old.
- A child of Ben ( Barend ) Spans
Household of Ben ( Barend ) Spans
He has/had a relationship with Rie (Maria Matiena) Spans.
Child(ren):
- Ben Spans 1930-2011
- Martin (Martien) Spans 1939-2008
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Birthday May 19, 1901
- The temperature on May 19, 1901 was between 1.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (41%). 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 1901: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
- February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
- March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
- August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
- September 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
- September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
- October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Day of death March 4, 1973
- The temperature on March 4, 1973 was between 5.1 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
- January 22 » The crew of Apollo 17 addresses a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.
- March 25 » Ireland gets a new newspaper called Sunday World.
- July 13 » Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.
- July 28 » Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
- December 20 » The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
- December 28 » The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon.
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