Davis Family Tree » Edna Earle Leary (1898-1979)

Day of marriage January 5, 1921

• The temperature on January 5, 1921 was between 5.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
  • March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
  • April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
  • 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.
  • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
  • September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

Day of death October 31, 1979

• The temperature on October 31, 1979 was between 8.0 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
  • June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
  • October 1 » The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
  • October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
  • October 21 » Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
  • November 3 » Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (b. 1906)
• 1977 » C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1980 » Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1983 » George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Lu Jiaxi, Chinese self-taught mathematician (b. 1935)
• 1983 » Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (b. 1917)