Anthony Willis family tree » Salome King Carpenter (1874-1950)

Day of marriage July 7, 1920

• The temperature on July 7, 1920 was between 11.9 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
  • March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
  • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
  • August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
  • August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
  • November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France

Day of death April 30, 1950

• The temperature on April 30, 1950 was between 7.1 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
  • June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
  • July 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
  • November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
  • November 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
  • November 26 » Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)