Merricks Tree » David John Rees (± 1860-1924)

Day of death July 18, 1924

• The temperature on July 18, 1924 was between 12.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 22.6 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
  • February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
  • February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
  • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
  • June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
  • October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.

Source: Wikipedia

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