Dreyer Tree » Jacobus Coenraad Meij (1899-1974)
Personal data Jacobus Coenraad Meij
- He was born on May 1, 1899.
- He died on August 2, 1974, he was 75 years old.
- A child of Mattheus Theodorus Meij and Alberta Johanna Dreyer
Household of Jacobus Coenraad Meij
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Birthday May 1, 1899
- The temperature on May 1, 1899 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
- March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
- June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
- July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
- November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
- December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
Day of death August 2, 1974
- The temperature on August 2, 1974 was between 8.6 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
- January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
- May 15 » Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
- August 5 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
- October 8 » Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
- November 20 » The first fatal crash of a Boeing 747 occurs when Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes while attempting to takeoff from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 59 out of the 157 people on board.
- November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
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- 1901 » Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author († 1945)
- 1901 » Heinz Eric Roemheld, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
- 1901 » Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic († 1989)
- 1972 » Brian Cole, American bass player (b. 1942)
- 1972 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (b. 1887)
- 1972 » Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
- 1973 » Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- 1974 » Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
- 1976 » László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
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