Navorska tree » Harm Theodor Kromminga (1889-1972)

Christening day December 15, 1889

• The temperature on December 15, 1889 was about -0.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
  • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
  • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

Day of death April 9, 1972

• The temperature on April 9, 1972 was between 4.9 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
  • May 6 » Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
  • June 20 » Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
  • December 8 » United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.
  • December 11 » Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
  • December 30 » Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (b. 1896)
• 1976 » Dagmar Nordstrom, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1976 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower (b. 1891)
• 1978 » Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed Portmeirion (b. 1883)
• 1980 » Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric and philosopher (b. 1935)