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Personal data Johannes Koek 


Household of Johannes Koek

He is married to Maria Waasdorp.

They got married on January 20, 1921, he was 32 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday February 29, 1888

  • The temperature on February 29, 1888 was about -3.4 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
    • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
    • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
    • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
    • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
    • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.

Day of death September 27, 1940

  • The temperature on September 27, 1940 was between 9.6 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • March 23 » The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
    • June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
    • June 10 » World War II: The Kingdom of Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
    • October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
    • October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
    • December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.


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