Het Eiland Schiermonnikoog » Jackel Douwe Bakker (1871-1960)

Day of marriage July 24, 1901

• The temperature on July 24, 1901 was between 11.0 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (64%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
  • April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
  • August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
  • August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
  • September 6 » Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
  • November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.

Day of death January 28, 1960

• The temperature on January 28, 1960 was between 5.2 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
  • February 26 » A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
  • March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
  • May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
  • September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
  • December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1960 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
• 1965 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)