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Household of Johannes Eligius van Tongeren

He had a relationship with Ada Maria van Oss.

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Historical events

Birthday January 31, 1914

  • The temperature on January 31, 1914 was between 0.8 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
    • February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
    • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
    • September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
    • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
    • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
    • December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Day of death January 13, 2003

  • The temperature on January 13, 2003 was between 2.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
    • January 23 » A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.
    • February 18 » Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
    • July 1 » Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
    • August 18 » One-year-old Zachary Turner is murdered in Newfoundland by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film Dear Zachary and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.
    • October 18 » Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
    • November 15 » The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1915 » Bobby Hackett, American trumpet player and cornet player († 1976)
  • 1915 » Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host († 1993)
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Source: Wikipedia

  • 2002 » Frank Shuster, Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
  • 2003 » Norman Panama, American director and screenwriter (b. 1914)
  • 2004 » Arne Næss, Jr., Norwegian businessman and mountaineer (b. 1937)
  • 2005 » Earl Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1915)
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