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Personal data Rear-Admiral Laurence Richard OLIPHANT 


Household of Rear-Admiral Laurence Richard OLIPHANT

He is married to Adelaide Daphne Hermione WILLOUGHBY.

They got married on November 3, 1909 at Scarborough North Yorkshire England U.K, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

  5. Laurence Hugh OLIPHANT  1922-1998 
  6. (Not public)

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Historical events

Birthday December 16, 1877

  • The temperature on December 16, 1877 was about 5.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
    • March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
    • April 12 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
    • May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
    • June 15 » Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
    • July 10 » The then-villa of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, formally receives its city charter from the Royal Crown of Spain.

Day of marriage November 3, 1909

  • The temperature on November 3, 1909 was between 3.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
    • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
    • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
    • August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
    • September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
    • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.

Day of death December 6, 1950

  • The temperature on December 6, 1950 was between -3.2 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • May 19 » A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
    • June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
    • June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
    • July 29 » Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
    • October 9 » The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
    • November 5 » Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
  • 1882 » Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer († 1974)
  • 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)
  • 1883 » Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician († 1977)
  • 1883 » Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1925)

Source: Wikipedia


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