Database Langton / Lengton / Lington - Heil - Rahder » Johanna Cornelia "Corry" Lengton (1899-1972)

Day of marriage August 25, 1927

• The temperature on August 25, 1927 was between 8.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 13.9 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
  • January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
  • April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
  • May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
  • August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
  • September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.

Day of death April 17, 1972

• The temperature on April 17, 1972 was between 4.8 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
  • February 18 » The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
  • March 3 » Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
  • April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
  • June 30 » The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
  • August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Red Allen, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)
• 1976 » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1977 » William Conway, Irish cardinal (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1939)