Dreyer Tree » Dirk Wouter Simon Holloway (1896-1979)
Personal data Dirk Wouter Simon Holloway
- He was born on March 24, 1896.
- He died on March 4, 1979 in Pinelands, he was 82 years old.
- A child of George James Holloway and Belia Francina Elizabeth Ackerman
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Birthday March 24, 1896
- The temperature on March 24, 1896 was about 9.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
- March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
- June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
- September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
- December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Day of death March 4, 1979
- The temperature on March 4, 1979 was between -0.9 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
- February 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
- July 12 » The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- July 17 » Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida, United States.
- October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
- October 26 » Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
- November 15 » A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
Same birth/death day
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- 1893 » Walter Baade, German astronomer and author († 1960)
- 1897 » Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychotherapist and academic († 1957)
- 1901 » Ub Iwerks, American animator, director, and producer, co-created Mickey Mouse († 1971)
- 1977 » Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)
- 1977 » Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)
- 1978 » Joe Marsala, American clarinet player and songwriter (b. 1907)
- 1978 » Wesley Bolin, American businessman and politician, 15th Governor of Arizona (b. 1909)
- 1979 » Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (b. 1926)
- 1980 » Alan Hardaker, English lieutenant and businessman (b. 1912)
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