April 7, 1917 -90 years ago in the age of 42 Ko Doncker died on his bicycle in Haarlem.
Ko was a peticilair known author and illustrator.



This drawing of man with running nose is out of his postume book
Wezens die je toch nooit ziet - Creatures you will never met
Most famous is his catchphrase
"Piet Pelle op zijn Gazelle" -"Piet Pelle on his Gazelle"
for an advertorial of Gazelle Bicyles

I don't know the brand of his bike on wich he died.

[Edited on 7-4-2007 by DED]

[Edited on 9-4-2007 by DED]

Fortenately my bike is a Locomotive
And when you hear me riding on it, it seem to have a steam engine.

Today it is the day of Jaques Brel

april ninth
not a special day in terms of dying or birthday

Paul McCartney announced this day in 1970 that he is leaving The Beatles

Today in 1895 in GB there was the first Proms concert ever.

Proms is short for Henry Wood Promenade Concert.

today seven years ago
the Koersk sunk
all 118 crewmembers died

august 18

Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.

1906 - Opera star Enrico Caruso is charged with an indecent act after allegedly pinching a woman's bottom in the monkey house of New York's Central Park Zoo.

1776 "The republic of 7 Netherlands" accepts as first country in the world de independance of the United States