Ancestors Dirks - Fijnaut » Johannes Hubertus "Behr" Dirks (1903-1984)

Christening day October 9, 1903

• The temperature on October 9, 1903 was between 9.0 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (58%). 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
  • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
  • July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
  • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
  • December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.

Day of marriage November 11, 1927

• The temperature on November 11, 1927 was between -1.8 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
  • May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
  • June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
  • August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
  • October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
  • December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.

Day of death May 19, 1984

• The temperature on May 19, 1984 was between 5.9 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 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 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial.
  • February 3 » John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.
  • February 24 » Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
  • July 17 » The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
  • September 2 » Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
  • October 12 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds 31.

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• 1980 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
• 1983 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
• 1984 » John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
• 1987 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)