Lortz Family Tree » Victor William Smith (1900-1977)

Day of marriage January 20, 1921

• The temperature on January 20, 1921 was between 1.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
  • February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
  • March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
  • May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
  • May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
  • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.

Day of death December 14, 1977

• The temperature on December 14, 1977 was between 7.0 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • March 23 » The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) is videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
  • May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
  • June 30 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
  • July 4 » The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
  • July 26 » The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
  • December 25 » Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, Bangladeshi linguist and scholar (b. 1926)
• 1971 » Munier Choudhury, Bangladeshi author, playwright, and critic (b. 1925)
• 1974 » Walter Lippmann, American journalist and author (b. 1889)
• 1975 » Arthur Treacher, English-American entertainer (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish historian and diplomat, co-founded the College of Europe (b. 1886)
• 1980 » Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)