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Jan Rook
1823-1888
Jantje Winter(s)
1821-1889
Jan Westhuis
1815-1893
Reintje Kroes
1820-1880
Hendrik Rook
1859-1939

Jan Rook
1889-1947


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Birthday February 1, 1889

  • The temperature on February 1, 1889 was about 9.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 48 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
    • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
    • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
    • October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
    • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
    • November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

Day of death June 26, 1947

  • The temperature on June 26, 1947 was between 10.9 °C and 30.9 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
    • March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
    • April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
    • June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
    • November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
    • November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
    • December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.


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