More like a forest than a tree! » William Matthew FISHBURN (1895-1982)

Christening day April 21, 1895

• The temperature on April 21, 1895 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
  • March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
  • April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
  • June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
  • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
  • November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.

Day of death October 2, 1982

• The temperature on October 2, 1982 was between 6.7 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (76%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1982: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • January 30 » Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
  • June 3 » The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed.
  • June 13 » Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, during the Falklands War.
  • July 8 » A failed assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein results in the Dujail Massacre over the next several months.
  • December 4 » The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
  • December 6 » The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1981 » Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American activist, actress, and musician (b. 1920)
• 1985 » Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1987 » Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1988 » Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the Mini (b. 1906)