Olson's Tree » Otto Preston "Preston" Burk (1896-1975)
Personal data Otto Preston "Preston" Burk
Source 1- He was born on January 13, 1896 in Webbers Falls, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA.
- He died on January 16, 1975 in La Canada Flintridge, Los Angeles, California, USA, he was 79 years old.
- A child of Dr. Decatur Harvey "D. H." Burk and Fannie Morgan Rogers
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Birthday January 13, 1896
- The temperature on January 13, 1896 was about 3.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
- November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
Day of death January 16, 1975
- The temperature on January 16, 1975 was between 7.3 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
- April 13 » An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
- July 30 » Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
- October 22 » The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
- November 10 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism.
- November 11 » Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.
- November 28 » East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
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- 1893 » Clark Ashton Smith, American poet, sculptor, painter, and author († 1961)
- 1893 » Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach († 1963)
- 1900 » Shimizugawa Motokichi, Japanese sumo wrestler († 1967)
- 1971 » Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
- 1972 » Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (b. 1919)
- 1972 » Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado (b. 1895)
- 1973 » Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (b. 1907)
- 1975 » Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (b. 1888)
- 1978 » A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1890)
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