Colan-O'Leary Tree » Nathaniel (Natt) Forbes (1895-1943)

Day of marriage June 25, 1921

• The temperature on June 25, 1921 was between 10.6 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
  • February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
  • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
  • May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
  • October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
  • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

Day of death September 30, 1943

• The temperature on September 30, 1943 was between 2.8 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 4 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
  • April 19 » Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16.
  • May 16 » The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
  • August 27 » World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
  • October 13 » World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
  • December 17 » All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (b. 1864)
• 1946 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1887)
• 1955 » James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)