Carter-Aaron tree » Gordon Kitchener Gilberd (1900-1997)

Day of marriage March 23, 1921

• The temperature on March 23, 1921 was between 6.4 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
  • March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
  • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
  • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
  • July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
  • September 11 » Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.

Day of death January 1, 1997

• The temperature on January 1, 1997 was between -13.7 °C and -7.3 °C and averaged -11.4 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • March 9 » Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
  • April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
  • June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
  • June 28 » Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
  • September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.
  • October 10 » Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.

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• 1994 » Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1900)
• 1995 » Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1996 » Arleigh Burke, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 1996 » Arthur Rudolph, German-American engineer (b. 1906)
• 1997 » Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
• 1998 » Helen Wills, American tennis player and coach (b. 1905)