Database Langton / Lengton / Lington - Heil - Rahder » Johanna Maria Lengton (1900-1974)

Day of marriage November 30, 1921

• The temperature on November 30, 1921 was between -15.0 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -5.6 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
  • May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
  • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
  • September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
  • November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
  • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

Day of death August 17, 1974

• The temperature on August 17, 1974 was between 10.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The warmest reliably measured temperature within the Antarctic Circle, of +59°F (+15°C), is recorded at Vanda Station.
  • January 6 » In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
  • February 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
  • August 1 » Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
  • September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
  • November 20 » The first fatal crash of a Boeing 747 occurs when Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes while attempting to takeoff from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 59 out of the 157 people on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1973 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)
• 1973 » Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (b. 1939)
• 1977 » Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904)