Family tree Steenbergen, van Kimmenaede, de Smit and Lensen » John Tufenkjian (1915-1968)

Personal data John Tufenkjian 

  • He was born on December 29, 1915 in Constantinopel, Turkije.
  • Profession: Factory worker.
    Ford Motor Co.
  • Resident: 4055 Ida Street, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
  • He died on April 1, 1968 in Wayne County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, he was 52 years old.
    John Tufenkjian
    Geboorte: 29 dec 1915, Türkiye
    Overlijden: 1 apr 1968 (leeftijd 52), Wayne County, Michigan, USA
    Begraaflocatie: Begraaflocatiegegevens onbekend
  • This information was last updated on November 15, 2025.

Household of John Tufenkjian

He is married to Niet publiceren.

They got married on July 16, 1938 at Wood, Ohio, Verenigde Staten, he was 22 years old.Source 1


Notes about John Tufenkjian

John Tufenkjian is op 23-10-1920 per boot (SS Rochambeau) vertrokken van Le Havre in Frankrijk naar New York.

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Historical events

Birthday December 29, 1915

  • The temperature on December 29, 1915 was between 2.4 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
    • May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
    • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
    • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
    • July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
    • July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.

Day of death April 1, 1968

  • The temperature on April 1, 1968 was between 6.0 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
    • January 24 » Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
    • January 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
    • February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
    • February 1 » Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
    • March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 1914 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic († 1976)
  • 1915 » Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach († 1996)
  • 1915 » Jo Van Fleet, American actress († 1996)
  • 1915 » Robert Ruark, American hunter and author († 1965)

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