Kelson Burbank Genealogy » Adam Edward Marciniak (1898-1966)

Day of marriage April 19, 1920

• The temperature on April 19, 1920 was between 8.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
  • May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
  • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
  • November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
  • November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.

Day of death August 14, 1966

• The temperature on August 14, 1966 was between 9.7 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
  • March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
  • August 1 » Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
  • August 16 » Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
  • October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
  • November 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
• 1965 » Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (b. 1911)
• 1966 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)