Scherek Arbol » Alfred Jacob Zobel (1873-1949)
Personal data Alfred Jacob Zobel
- He was born on April 15, 1873 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- He died on October 17, 1949 in San Francisco, California, USA, he was 76 years old.
- A child of Jacob Zobel and Rose Hart
Household of Alfred Jacob Zobel
(1) He has/had a relationship with Claire Ann Wolf.
(2) He has/had a relationship with Mabel Getz.
Child(ren):
- Newton Getz Zobel 1903-1983
- Claire Ann Zobel ± 1905-
- Jerome Fremont Zobel 1905-1999
Timeline Alfred Jacob Zobel
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Historical events
Birthday April 15, 1873
- The temperature on April 15, 1873 was about 20.4 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 40%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- In the year 1873: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- March 3 » Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
- March 10 » The first Azerbaijani play "The Adventures of the Vizier of the Khan of Lenkaran" prepared by Akhundov was performed by Hassan-bey Zardabi and dramatist and Najaf-bey Vezirov.
- April 1 » The White Star steamer RMSAtlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
- April 13 » The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 black men are murdered, takes place.
- May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
- August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
Day of death October 17, 1949
- The temperature on October 17, 1949 was between 9.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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)
- From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
- In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
- April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
- June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
- July 1 » The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.
- September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
- October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
- December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
Same birth/death day
- 1874 » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist († 1954)
- 1874 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
- 1875 » James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter († 1953)
- 1877 » Georg Kolbe, German sculptor († 1947)
- 1878 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright († 1956)
- 1879 » Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet († 1980)
- 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
- 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
- 1955 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
- 1956 » Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
- 1958 » Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
- 1958 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
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