Births on February 5

Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten

Born on February 5, 1927

Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot (d. 1977)

Jacob Louis Veldhuyzen van Zanten (5 February 1927 – 27 March 1977) (“the Gaaner”) was a Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor. He was captain of the KLM Boeing 747 involved in Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history, in which he also died.

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Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten

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Events on 1927

10 Jan

Metropolis (1927 film)
Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
23 Feb

Uncertainty principle
German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
5 May

Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
27 May

Ford Model T
The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
26 Jun

Coney Island
The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.

Births on February 5

Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten

Born on February 5, 1927

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Events on 1927

Metropolis (1927 film)

Uncertainty principle

Virginia Woolf

Ford Model T

Coney Island