The Brown Tree » Samuel BEST (1890-1949)
Personal data Samuel BEST
Source 1Source 2- He was born on October 9, 1890 in Balteagh, Armagh, Ireland.
- He died on September 13, 1949 in Woodstock, ON, Canada, he was 58 years old.
- A child of Samuel Henry BEST and Anne Jane RUSSELL
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Birthday October 9, 1890
- The temperature on October 9, 1890 was about 13.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
- April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
- July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
- July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
- August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
- December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Day of death September 13, 1949
- The temperature on September 13, 1949 was between 12.5 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
- January 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
- March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
- April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
- April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
- June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
- December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
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- 1888 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician († 1938)
- 1890 » Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel († 1944)
- 1892 » Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
- 1893 » Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer († 1945)
- 1944 » W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (b. 1872)
- 1946 » Amon Göth, Austrian captain (b. 1908)
- 1946 » Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
- 1946 » William Watt, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
- 1949 » August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
- 1953 » Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (b. 1868)
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