Kennedy Family Tree » Harriet Jean Pierson (1914-1985)

Day of marriage June 20, 1940

• The temperature on June 20, 1940 was between 11.3 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 15.2 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • February 29 » 12th Academy Awards: For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
  • June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
  • June 16 » World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français).
  • September 15 » World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
  • October 15 » President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.
  • October 21 » The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.

Day of death March 19, 1985

• The temperature on March 19, 1985 was between -3.3 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
  • July 13 » The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney.
  • September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
  • October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
  • October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
  • November 9 » Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1982 » Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1956)
• 1984 » Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928)
• 1986 » Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
• 1987 » Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1988 » Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)