Clarke Family Tree » Walter Murdoch (1874-1970)
Personal data Walter Murdoch
Source 1- He was born on September 17, 1874 in Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
- He died on July 30, 1970, he was 95 years old.
- A child of James Murdoch and Helen Garden
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Birthday September 17, 1874
- The temperature on September 17, 1874 was about 13.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
- May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
- June 29 » Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
- August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
- November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
- December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
Day of death July 30, 1970
- The temperature on July 30, 1970 was between 8.8 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (70%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
- July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
- September 7 » Bill Shoemaker beats Johnny Longden's record to become the winningest jockey in horse racing history at Del Mar racetrack
- October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
- November 14 » Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
- December 2 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
Same birth/death day
- 1868 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence († 1956)
- 1869 » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian political scientist, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
- 1874 » Walter Murdoch, Australian author and academic († 1970)
- 1878 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer († 1950)
- 1879 » Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman, social activist, and politician († 1973)
- 1879 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager († 1930)
- 1965 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (b. 1886)
- 1970 » George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
- 1970 » Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)
- 1971 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (b. 1906)
- 1975 » James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)
- 1977 » Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)
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Stephen Clarke, "Clarke Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/clarke-family-tree/I392494374460.php : accessed May 6, 2025), "Walter Murdoch (1874-1970)".