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Wim Beekman
Wilhelm Marie Okko Anne “Willem” Beekman also known as Wim Beekman (15 March 1895 – 20 December 1934) was a Dutch aviator. He was one of the pioneering aviators of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and became and senior KLM captain. He was the pilot of the DC-2 ''Uiver'' that crashed in December 1934 during a long-distance flight to the Dutch East Indies. Early life and career Beekman was born in Brouwershaven, Netherlands in the province of Zeeland. Shortly after his birth, his father was appointed bailiff in Gulpen in the province of Limburg where he grew up. He attended ''Hogere Burgerschool'' in Maastricht. During his military service he served as a pilot at Soesterberg. Afterwards he joined the aviation division and earned his pilot's license on 8 December 1922. He was employed by KLM starting 14 May 1924. During his career, Beekman became one of KLM’s most experienced long-distance pilots, especially on the Amsterdam–Batavia route (modern-day Jakarta, Indonesia). He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brouwershaven
Brouwershaven is a small city on the Grevelingen in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, lies about 45 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis and 10 km north of Zierikzee. Brouwershaven received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1477. In 2023 the town of Brouwershaven had 1291 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.41 km2, and contained 759 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001'. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area). The statistical area "Brouwershaven", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1540.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005'' . As of 1 January 2005. Brouwershaven was a separate municipality until 1997, when it was merged into Schouwen-Duiveland. History Brouwershaven was founded in 1285 as a new harbor for Brijdorpe, although today the harbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limburgsch Dagblad
''De Limburger'' is a Dutch newspaper covering the province of Limburg. The ''Limburgs Dagblad'' merged into ''De Limburger'' at the end 2017. Both newspapers were owned by Mediahuis. ''Dagblad De Limburger'', the previous name of ''De Limburger'', was founded after a merger of ''Dagblad voor Noord-Limburg'' and ''De Limburger''. Merger history * ''De Limburger'' (since 2016) ** ''Limburgs Dagblad'' (1918–2017; gradually phased out) ** ''Dagblad De Limburger'' (1996-2016) *** ''Dagblad voor Noord-Limburg'' (18 April 1945 - 30 December 1995) (Northern Limburg) **** Continuation of: ''Nieuwe venlosche courant'' (1908-1944) (Venlo) ***** Formerly: ''Venloosch nieuwsblad - Venloosche courant'' ****** ''Venloosche courant: nieuw weekblad'' (1869-1908) ******* Continuation of: ''Nieuw Venloosch Weekblad'' ****** ''Venloosch Nieuwsblad'' (1898-1908) ******* Continuation of: ''Venloosch weekblad'' (1863-1898) *** ''De Limburger: Maas- en Roerbode'' (1 October 1971 - 30 December 1995) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviation Pioneers
Aviation pioneers are people directly and indirectly responsible for the creation and advancement of human flight capability, including people who worked to achieve manned flight before the invention of aircraft, as well as others who achieved significant "firsts" in aviation after heavier-than-air flight became routine. Pioneers of aviation have contributed to the development of aeronautics Aeronautics is the science or art involved with the study, design process, design, and manufacturing of air flight-capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft and rockets within the atmosphere. While the term originally referred ... in one or more ways: through science and theory, theoretical or applied design, by constructing models or experimental prototypes, the mass production of aircraft for commercial and government request, achievements in flight, and providing financial resources and publicity to expand the field of aviation. Table key Pioneer type * Science: C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Aviators
Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, it reflects the Kingdom of the Netherlands ** Dutch Caribbean ** Netherlands Antilles Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People Ethnic groups * Pennsylvania Dutch, a group of early German immigrants to Pennsylvania Specific people * Dutch (nickname), a list of people * Johnny Dutch (born 1989), American hurdler and field athlete * Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), American mobster born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer * Dutch Mantel, ring name of American retired professional wrestler Wayne Maurice Keown (born 1949) * Dutch Savage, ring name of professional wrestler and promoter Frank Stewart (1935–2013) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Schouwen-Duiveland
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Deaths
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * February 6 – 6 February 1934 crisis, French political crisis: The French far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, in an attempted coup d'état against the French Third Republic, Third Republic. * February 9 ** Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France. ** Second Hellenic Republic, Greece, Kingdom of Romania, Romania, Turkey and Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact. * February 12–February 15, 15 – Austrian Civil War: The Fatherland Front (Austria), Fatherland Front consolidates its power in a series of clashes across the country. * February 16 – The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 Births
Events January * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island (off French Guiana) on what is much later admitted to be a false charge of treason. * January 6 – The Wilcox rebellion, an attempt led by Robert Wilcox to overthrow the Republic of Hawaii and restore the Kingdom of Hawaii, begins with royalist troops landing at Waikiki Beach in O'ahu and clashing with republican defenders. The rebellion ends after three days and the remaining 190 royalists are taken prisoners of war. * January 12 – Britain's National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 15 – A warehouse fire and dynamite explosion kills 57 people, including 13 firefighters in Butt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Het Vrije Volk
''Het Vrije Volk'' () was a Dutch social-democratic daily newspaper that existed between 1945 and 1991. In 1991, it merged with the ''Rotterdams Nieuwsblad'', under the new title ''Rotterdams Dagblad'', which later merged with the ''Algemeen Dagblad''. The last issue of ''Het Vrije Volk'' was published on 30 March 1991. Het Volk ''Het Volk'' was a socialist newspaper from the Netherlands. It was published in Amsterdam, beginning on 2 April 1900, by the Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands), Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP). Preparations for publishing ''Het Volk'' began in 1899. Financial support was provided by the older Social Democratic Party of Germany. A publishing company was established under the name De Arbeiderspers. Its first Editor-in Chief was the head of the SDAP, Pieter Jelles Troelstra. In 1903, after some disagreements arose, he was replaced by the journalist, Pieter Lodewijk Tak. In 1902, a contest was held to find an artist for the front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inge Beekman
Ingeborg Elfriede Augusta “Inge” Beekman (20 December 1924 – 12 June 2009) was a Netherlands, Dutch stage actress and also played in films and television series. She appeared in dozens productions during her career, which spanned over half a century. Personal life She was born on 20 December 1924 in Nieuwer-Amstel. Her father was Wim Beekman (1895–1934), KLM captain who was killed during the 1934 KLM Douglas DC-2 crash. Inge Beekman was the mother of Dutch film director, screenwriter and film producer Dick Maas. She lived during the 1980s on a houseboat in Amsterdam. She died on 12 June 2009, at the age of 84 years old. She was cremated six days later on 18 June in Amsterdam, at . Career She studied at the Amsterdam Drama School from 1942 to 1945. Due to personal circumstances, did not begin her acting career until 1953. She played in among others ''Three Sisters (play), De drie zusters'', ''Lessen in laster'' and ''De zeewolf''. Three years later, she stopped as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacRobertson Air Race
The MacRobertson Trophy Air Race (also known as the London to Melbourne Air Race) took place in October 1934 in aviation, 1934 as part of the 1934 Centenary of Melbourne, Melbourne Centenary celebrations. The race was devised by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sir Harold Gengoult Smith, and the prize money of £15,000 was provided by Sir Macpherson Robertson, a wealthy Australian confectionery manufacturer, on the conditions that the race be named after his MacRobertson's, MacRobertson confectionery company, and that it was organised to be as safe as possible. A further condition was that a gold medal be awarded to each pilot who completed the course within 16 days. Organisation and rules The race was organised by an Air Race Committee, with representatives from the Australian government, aviation, and Melbourne Centenary authorities. The Royal Aero Club oversaw the event. The race ran from RAF Mildenhall in East Anglia to Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, approximately . There we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uiver
''Uiver'' was the name of the Douglas DC-2 airliner with registration PH-AJU operated by Dutch airline KLM. This innovative aluminum aircraft became famous in 1934, both in the Netherlands and internationally, for winning the handicap division of the London to Melbourne MacRobertson Air Race. Later that year, the plane crashed on a special mail flight from the Netherlands to Batavia, killing all seven on board. A report blaming KLM director Albert Plesman and minister Jacob Kalff was reportedly suppressed in what became known as an "" (cover-up affair). Name KLM named its aircraft after birds corresponding to the last letter of the registration. For example, PH-AIP was ''Pelikaan'' (Pelican), and PH-AJA was ''Arend'' (Eagle). However, PH-AJU posed a problem—there were no bird names in standard Dutch beginning with "U" that hadn’t already been used. Someone then suggested "Uiver", the Betuwe dialect word for ''stork''. Delivery and First Flight The first DC-2 ordered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
