Kramer Family Tree » Merlin James Holst (1917-1991)
Personal data Merlin James Holst
Source 1- He was born on August 17, 1917 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan,United States of America.
- Census in the year 1920, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
- He died on April 8, 1991 in Byron Center, Byron Township, Kent County, United States, he was 73 years old.
- A child of Otto Holst and
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Birthday August 17, 1917
- The temperature on August 17, 1917 was between 11.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
- November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
- November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
- December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
Day of death April 8, 1991
- The temperature on April 8, 1991 was between 5.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
- February 18 » The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
- February 23 » In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
- May 26 » Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.
- October 16 » George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20.
- October 30 » The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
- November 26 » National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
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- 1918 » Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress († 1985)
- 1918 » Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist († 1963)
- 1918 » Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic († 2015)
- 1919 » Georgia Gibbs, American singer († 2006)
- 1990 » Ryan White, American activist, inspired the Ryan White Care Act (b. 1971)
- 1991 » Per Ohlin, Swedish musician (b. 1969)
- 1992 » Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
- 1993 » Marian Anderson, American operatic singer (b. 1897)
- 1994 » François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (b. 1899)
- 1996 » Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1918)
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Louis Kramer, "Kramer Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kramer_stamboom/I557337.php : accessed January 13, 2026), "Merlin James Holst (1917-1991)".
Louis Kramer, "Kramer Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kramer_stamboom/I557337.php : accessed January 13, 2026), "Merlin James Holst (1917-1991)".