Genealogy Wylie » Basil Edward (Ned) Burford (1891-1946)

Day of marriage October 13, 1919

• The temperature on October 13, 1919 was between 4.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
  • May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
  • June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
  • July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
  • September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
  • December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Day of death September 10, 1946

• The temperature on September 10, 1946 was between 10.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
  • January 17 » The UN Security Council holds its first session.
  • January 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
  • June 27 » In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
  • August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
  • November 19 » Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
  • November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1938 » Charles Cruft, English businessman, founded Crufts (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (b. 1861)
• 1952 » Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese engineer and architect, designed the Beirut City Hall (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Peter Anders, German tenor and actor (b. 1908)