Dreyer Tree » Erasmus Albertus Steyn (1896-1967)
Personal data Erasmus Albertus Steyn
- He was born on March 4, 1896.
- He died on June 13, 1967, he was 71 years old.
- A child of Johannes Andries Steyn and Anna Catharina Vermeulen (Steyn)
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Historical events
Birthday March 4, 1896
- The temperature on March 4, 1896 was about 3.5 °C. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
- February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
- 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 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
- May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
- August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
- November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
Day of death June 13, 1967
- The temperature on June 13, 1967 was between 6.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 14.9 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
- 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 1967: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.5 million citizens.
- April 9 » The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
- June 26 » Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.
- August 13 » Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
- August 30 » Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- October 2 » Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
- November 14 » The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
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- 1898 » Georges Dumézil, French philologist and academic († 1986)
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- 1958 » Edwin Keppel Bennett, English poet and academic (b. 1887)
- 1965 » David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (b. 1890)
- 1965 » Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and theologian (b. 1878)
- 1969 » Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
- 1972 » Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
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