The average temperature on November 23, 1904 was 2.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
Day of death January 3, 1984
The temperature on January 3, 1984 was between 2.1 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 15.1 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 28 » Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
June 22 » Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
July 17 » The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
August 30 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.
September 18 » Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
November 27 » Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Jan Nieuwenhuizen, "Family tree Nieuwenhuizen-Van Ginkel en De Kruijf-Grootendorst", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-nieuwenhuizen-van-ginkel-de-kruijf-grootendorst/I503326.php : accessed June 17, 2024), "Jan van Hoevelaken (1904-1984)".
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