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Personal data William Calvin Kapteyn 

  • He was born on March 15, 1924 in Grand Rapids.
  • He died on April 24, 2000 in Grand Rapids, he was 76 years old.
  • This information was last updated on February 12, 2008.

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Birthday March 15, 1924

  • The temperature on March 15, 1924 was between -1.8 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
    • March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
    • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
    • April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
    • August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
    • December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.

Day of death April 24, 2000

  • The temperature on April 24, 2000 was between 6.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2000: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
    • January 31 » Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.
    • February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
    • May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
    • November 11 » Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
    • November 17 » A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
    • December 19 » The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person and injuring three.


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  • 1926 » Ben Johnston, American composer and academic († 2019)
  • 1926 » Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach († 1983)
  • 1927 » Carl Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)
  • 1927 » Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2000)

Source: Wikipedia


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