Kennedy Family Tree » Gardner Robert Bennett (1900-1942)

Day of marriage March 14, 1925

• The temperature on March 14, 1925 was between 0.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
  • April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
  • July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
  • September 8 » Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
  • October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
  • November 5 » Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

Day of death June 16, 1942

• The temperature on June 16, 1942 was between 8.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
  • January 23 » World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea.
  • February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
  • May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
  • July 27 » World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
  • October 26 » World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.
  • November 1 » World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (b. 1905)
• 1946 » Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
• 1952 » Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)