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11C5R from Hero Binnerts Eysma (1460 - 1506).
16C4R from Jarich Jelskama (ca 1340 -?) and Siouke Wiarda (ca 1335 -?).

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Birthday August 6, 1885

  • The temperature on August 6, 1885 was about 17.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
    • January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
    • March 26 » The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
    • July 23 » President Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.
    • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
    • September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.

Day of death February 1, 1970

  • The temperature on February 1, 1970 was between -8.7 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -6 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1970: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
    • March 31 » Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
    • April 1 » President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, effective 1 January 1971.
    • May 9 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
    • May 15 » Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
    • August 9 » LANSA Flight 502 crashes after takeoff from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground.
    • October 2 » An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.


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