Birrell family tree » John Haldane Burrell (1885-1964)

Day of marriage December 29, 1913

• The temperature on December 29, 1913 was between -0.5 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
  • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
  • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

Day of death January 12, 1964

• The temperature on January 12, 1964 was between -4.3 °C and -2.9 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • April 13 » At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
  • August 5 » Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USSTiconderoga and USSConstellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
  • August 7 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
  • September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
  • October 29 » A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
  • November 2 » King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
• 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 1967 » Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)
• 1971 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)