Gawrelski Family Tree » John Ryba (1919-1979)

Day of marriage May 4, 1946

• The temperature on May 4, 1946 was between 5.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (83%). 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)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • March 24 » A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
  • July 7 » Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
  • August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
  • September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
  • October 16 » Nuremberg trials: Ten defendants found guilty by the International Military Tribunal are executed by hanging.
  • December 19 » Start of the First Indochina War.

Day of death July 9, 1979

• The temperature on July 9, 1979 was between 13.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • February 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
  • June 18 » SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • October 27 » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 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.
  • November 9 » Cold War: Nuclear false alarm: The NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled.
  • December 3 » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Earl Warren, American jurist and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Alice Paul, American activist (b. 1885)
• 1979 » Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (b. 1899)
• 1980 » Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1896)