Dreyer Tree » Henry George Holloway (1896-1966)
Personal data Henry George Holloway
- He was born on April 8, 1896.
- He died on August 25, 1966 in Wynberg aged, he was 70 years old.
- A child of George James Holloway and Belia Francina Elizabeth Ackerman
Household of Henry George Holloway
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Birthday April 8, 1896
- The temperature on April 8, 1896 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
- August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
- November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
Day of death August 25, 1966
- The temperature on August 25, 1966 was between 5.0 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
- January 13 » Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
- June 8 » Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
- October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
- November 24 » Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
- November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
- December 18 » Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.
Same birth/death day
- 1892 » Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists († 1979)
- 1892 » Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records († 1970)
- 1896 » Yip Harburg, American composer († 1981)
- 1900 » Marie Byles, Australian solicitor († 1979)
- 1902 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer († 1924)
- 1902 » Maria Maksakova Sr., Russian soprano († 1974)
- 1965 » Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
- 1967 » George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
- 1967 » Oscar Cabalén, Argentine race car driver (b. 1928)
- 1967 » Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (b. 1895)
- 1967 » Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
- 1968 » Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1910)
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