Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » Samuel MURRAY (1865-1951)

Personal data Samuel MURRAY 

  • He was born on June 27, 1865 in Wellington.
  • He died on June 20, 1951 in HF Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria, he was 85 years old.
  • This information was last updated on September 1, 2010.

Household of Samuel MURRAY

He is married to Catharina Aletta PRETORIUS.

They got married at Lichtenburg.


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Historical events

  • The temperature on June 27, 1865 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
    • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
    • May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
    • June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
    • July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
  • The temperature on June 20, 1951 was between 4.9 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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)
  • 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 Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
    • March 3 » Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
    • April 25 » Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
    • May 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
    • May 23 » Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
    • October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
    • December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1862 » May Irwin, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1938)
  • 1865 » John Monash, Australian engineer and general († 1931)
  • 1869 » Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist († 1940)
  • 1869 » Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)
  • 1869 » Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist († 1961)
  • 1870 » Frank Rattray Lillie, American zoologist and embryologist († 1947)

Source: Wikipedia


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