Dreyer Tree » Hercules Zechy Coyte King (1908-1926)
Personal data Hercules Zechy Coyte King
- He was born on August 29, 1908 in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa.
- He died on April 30, 1926 in Outjo, Namibia, he was 17 years old.
- A child of Robert Lechy King and Hester Susanna Dreyer
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Birthday August 29, 1908
- The temperature on August 29, 1908 was between 10.2 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
- January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
- April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
- April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
- April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
- September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
- November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
Day of death April 30, 1926
- The temperature on April 30, 1926 was between 11.8 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
- March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
- June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
- July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
- August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
- October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
- December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
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