Anthony Willis family tree » Percy Caudell (1909-1938)

Day of marriage January 22, 1927

• The temperature on January 22, 1927 was between -1.9 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
  • May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
  • May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
  • May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
  • October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.

Day of death December 25, 1938

• The temperature on December 25, 1938 was between -10.8 °C and -2.0 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
  • March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
  • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
  • June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
  • August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1940 » Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1941 » Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
• 1944 » George Steer, South African-English journalist and author (b. 1909)