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Personal data Hindrik Blaauw 


Household of Hindrik Blaauw

He is married to Elizabeth Watermulder.

They got married on May 15, 1909 at Noordbroek, Nederland, he was 30 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday December 28, 1878

  • The temperature on December 28, 1878 was about 3.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
    • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
    • February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
    • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
    • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
    • May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.

Day of death October 2, 1956

  • The temperature on October 2, 1956 was between 12.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
    • March 23 » Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
    • June 29 » The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
    • October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
    • October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
    • November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
    • November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1870 » Charles Bennett, English runner († 1949)
  • 1882 » Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician († 1944)
  • 1882 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter († 1931)
  • 1887 » Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic († 1946)
  • 1888 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1931)
  • 1890 » Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic († 1970)

Source: Wikipedia


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