1001 Stambomen en vele Hollandgänger van Johan Scholte » Johann Gerhard Kolmer (1884-1966)

Christening day March 18, 1884

• The temperature on March 18, 1884 was about 18.4 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
  • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
  • May 31 » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
  • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
  • August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
  • October 22 » The International Meridian Conference designates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich as the world's prime meridian.

Day of death April 4, 1966

• The temperature on April 4, 1966 was between 4.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with an Agena Target Vehicle.
  • May 21 » The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
  • July 15 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
  • August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
  • August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
  • November 24 » Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1967 » Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated)(b. 1929)
• 1972 » Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)