Genealogy Petroucic » Margarida Antunes Rocha Vasconcellos (1901-1942)

Day of marriage October 24, 1923

• The temperature on October 24, 1923 was between 7.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (22%). 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
  • February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
  • March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
  • April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
  • August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
  • September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.

Day of death June 30, 1942

• The temperature on June 30, 1942 was between 13.4 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • April 5 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMSCornwall and HMSDorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
  • April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
  • May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
  • July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
  • September 13 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Japanese with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
  • September 21 » The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Erich Klausener, German soldier and politician (b. 1885)
• 1934 » Karl Ernst, German soldier (b. 1904)
• 1941 » Aleksander Tõnisson, Estonian general and politician, 5th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Yefim Fomin, Belarusian politician (b. 1909)
• 1948 » Prince Sabahaddin, Turkish-Swiss sociologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (b. 1868)