Zijper families » Jan Sneekes (1896-????)

Birthday June 1, 1896

• The temperature on June 1, 1896 was about 19.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. 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.
  • January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
  • March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
  • March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
  • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
  • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
  • November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1890 » Frank Morgan, American actor († 1949)
• 1892 » Amanullah Khan, sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, († 1960)
• 1899 » Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1901 » Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager († 1990)
• 1901 » John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director († 1957)
• 1901 » Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league player († 1978)