Family tree Van Dijk » Jan Knol (1896-1976)

Personal data Jan Knol 


Household of Jan Knol

He is married to Jentje Kanis.

They got married on April 28, 1927, he was 31 years old.


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Historical events

Birthday February 14, 1896

  • The temperature on February 14, 1896 was about 2.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
    • March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
    • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
    • July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
    • November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
    • December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.

Day of death December 12, 1976

  • The temperature on December 12, 1976 was between 1.1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
    • July 29 » In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
    • October 6 » Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.
    • October 20 » The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
    • December 2 » Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
    • December 25 » EgyptAir Flight 664, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1892 » Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician († 1948)
  • 1894 » Jack Benny, American actor and producer († 1974)
  • 1895 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist († 1973)
  • 1895 » Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general († 1945)
  • 1898 » Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer († 1977)
  • 1898 » Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer († 1974)

Source: Wikipedia


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