Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Bessie Devine Hutchinson (1892-1988)

Day of marriage June 21, 1911

• The temperature on June 21, 1911 was between 11.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (20%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
  • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
  • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
  • November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.

Day of death September 27, 1988

• The temperature on September 27, 1988 was between 15.0 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 13 » The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
  • April 10 » The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
  • July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
  • August 20 » Iran-Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
  • December 12 » The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (b. 1932)
• 1985 » Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1962)
• 1991 » Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904)
• 1992 » Zhang Leping, Chinese comic artist (b. 1910)