Family Tree McGowan-Hall » Thomas Christopher McGowan (1897-1983)

Day of marriage April 20, 1919

• The temperature on April 20, 1919 was between 3.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
  • May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
  • October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
  • December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
  • December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.
  • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

Day of death April 11, 1983

• The temperature on April 11, 1983 was between 6.1 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • April 4 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
  • April 7 » During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.
  • April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
  • June 4 » Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.
  • September 19 » Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
  • November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1910)
• 1985 » Bunny Ahearne, Irish-born English businessman (b. 1900)
• 1985 » Enver Hoxha, Albanian educator and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1908)
• 1985 » John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (b. 1898)