Andorfer Family Tree » John KUHNKE (1900-1980)

Day of marriage October 30, 1920

• The temperature on October 30, 1920 was between -2.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
  • January 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
  • February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
  • May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
  • September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
  • December 16 » The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5M_w , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

Day of death May 29, 1980

• The temperature on May 29, 1980 was between 7.1 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • April 24 » Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
  • May 9 » In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
  • September 26 » At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
  • October 10 » The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador.
  • October 26 » The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.
  • November 23 » The 6.9 M_w  Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » George Harriman, English businessman (b. 1908)
• 1977 » Ba Maw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1893)
• 1979 » John H. Wood Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)
• 1979 » Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists (b. 1892)
• 1982 » Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
• 1983 » Arvīds Pelše, Latvian-Russian historian and politician (b. 1899)