1001 stambomen » Emile Gustaaf Alphons Haverbeke (1877-1968)

Day of marriage May 10, 1904

• The temperature on May 10, 1904 was between 5.7 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
  • April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
  • May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
  • May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
  • June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
  • July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

Day of death April 10, 1968

• The temperature on April 10, 1968 was between -1.2 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
  • February 8 » American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
  • February 16 » In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
  • March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
  • September 15 » The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
  • October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Lloyd Casner, American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division (b. 1928)
• 1966 » Evelyn Waugh, English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (b. 1903)
• 1968 » Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian lieutenant and politician (b. 1899)
• 1969 » Harley Earl, American businessman (b. 1893)