Genealogy Wylie » Thelma Simmons (1902-1992)

Day of marriage January 13, 1921

• The temperature on January 13, 1921 was between 4.7 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • January 9 » Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
  • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
  • May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
  • July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
  • October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.
  • November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.

Day of death July 12, 1992

• The temperature on July 12, 1992 was between 14.5 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • May 7 » Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
  • May 23 » Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
  • September 11 » Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
  • September 16 » Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
  • September 29 » Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello is impeached.
  • October 12 » A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (b. 1917)
• 1992 » Caroline Pafford Miller, American journalist and author (b. 1903)
• 1993 » Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (b. 1970)
• 1994 » Eila Campbell, English geographer and cartographer (b. 1915)
• 1996 » John Chancellor, American journalist (b. 1927)
• 1997 » François Furet, French historian and author (b. 1927)