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1927Feb, 5

Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten

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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Events on 1927

  • 10Jan

    Metropolis (1927 film)

    Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
  • 23Feb

    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.
  • 5May

    Virginia Woolf

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

    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.
  • 26Jun

    Coney Island

    The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.