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Bep van Klaveren

Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (died 1992)

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Born
September 26, 1907
Died
February 12, 1992
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1907

About Bep van Klaveren

Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren was a Dutch boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Van Klaveren remains the only Dutch boxer to have won an Olympic gold medal. His younger brother Piet competed as a boxer at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren (26 September 1907 – 12 February 1992) was a Dutch boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. During his professional tenure, van Klaveren fought on four continents and won fights against Ceferino Garcia and Kid Azteca. In 1926 he won the national flyweight title and in 1927–29 the featherweight title.

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Bep van Klaveren timeline

  1. Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren (26 September 1907 – 12 February 1992) was a Dutch boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
  2. In 1926 he won the national flyweight title and in 1927–29 the featherweight title.

The world when Bep van Klaveren was born

Bep van Klaveren was born in 1907. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1907

  • Best-selling book"The Lady of the Decoration" – Frances Little

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win first of back-to-back World Series titles
  • Top headlinePanic of 1907 — financial crisis leads to Federal Reserve creation
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial helicopter design
  • World population~1.67B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population86.0M

1907 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Bep van Klaveren's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19072026
Population86.0M341 million

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