Flowers tree » Alexander Melling (1892-1972)
Personal data Alexander Melling
- He was born on January 18, 1892 in Kolpino, Russia.
- He died on April 16, 1972 in Northfield, Summit, Ohio, Verenigde Staten, he was 80 years old.
- A child of William Melling and Louisa Gardiner
Household of Alexander Melling
He has/had a relationship with Jessie Thompson.
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Birthday January 18, 1892
- The temperature on January 18, 1892 was about 0.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
- July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
- September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
- October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
- November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
- December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.
Day of death April 16, 1972
- The temperature on April 16, 1972 was between 4.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
- January 30 » The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.
- March 3 » Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
- June 8 » Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
- July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
- September 4 » The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2018, it is the longest running game show on American television.
- September 9 » In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
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- 1894 » Toots Mondt, American wrestler and promoter († 1976)
- 1969 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)
- 1970 » Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (b. 1897)
- 1970 » Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (b. 1892)
- 1972 » Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (b. 1894)
- 1972 » Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- 1973 » István Kertész, Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)
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