Barber Family Tree » Raymond A Dawes (1908-1989)

Day of marriage May 11, 1935

• The temperature on May 11, 1935 was between 7.7 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
  • June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
  • July 1 » Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
  • September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
  • October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
  • December 9 » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.

Day of death December 25, 1989

• The temperature on December 25, 1989 was between 7.2 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • February 3 » After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
  • April 3 » The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.
  • August 8 » Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
  • August 24 » Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
  • November 7 » David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
  • November 9 » Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Benny Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Betty Garde, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
• 1989 » Elena Ceaușescu, Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Frederick F. Houser, American judge and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania (b. 1918)