Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Jan van den Oever (1898-1942)
Personal data Jan van den Oever
Source 1- He was born on September 29, 1898 in Katwijk, ZH, NL.Source 2
- Profession: kok ter koopvaardij MS Zaandam.Source 3
- (oorlogsslachtoffer) : ja.Source 3
- He died on November 2, 1942 in Atlantische Oceaan, he was 44 years old.Source 3
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Gedeelde notitie:
MS Zaandam
Op 02-11-1942 werd de MS Zaandam getroffen in de machinekamer aan de bakboord zijde door een torpedo van de U174 op ongeveer 300 mijl ten noorden van Kaap Sao Roque (Brazilië) en is daarna gezonken. 135 van de 299 opvarende kwamen daarbij om het leven waaronder Teunis van Duin 31 jaar en Jan van den Oever 44 jaar.
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Jan van den Oever 1898-1942 Oorlogsslachtoffer - Is 44 jaar geworden
Geboren op 29 september 1898 te Katwijk
Overleden op 2 november 1942 te Atl. Oceaan a/b m.s. Zaandam - A child of Arie van den Oever and Antje Becker
- This information was last updated on October 25, 2024.
Household of Jan van den Oever
He is married to Wijntje van der Plas.
They got married.
Event (Aantal kinderen (totaal) vzb): 2.Source 2
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Historical events
Birthday September 29, 1898
- The temperature on September 29, 1898 was about 17.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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 year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
- May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
- June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
- July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
- September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
- October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Day of death November 2, 1942
- The temperature on November 2, 1942 was between 5.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
- January 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
- January 31 » World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
- February 1 » Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
- May 8 » World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
- July 1 » World War II: First Battle of El Alamein.
- December 7 » World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
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