Lortz Family Tree » Olive Geneva Besecker (1908-1989)

Day of marriage November 7, 1931

• The temperature on November 7, 1931 was between 4.8 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
  • March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
  • March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
  • March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
  • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

Day of death February 10, 1989

• The temperature on February 10, 1989 was between 0.5 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.
  • March 24 » In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000m) of crude oil after running aground.
  • June 4 » Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
  • June 28 » On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
  • August 24 » Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
  • August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1910)
• 1992 » Alex Haley, American soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1929)
• 1995 » Paul Monette, American author, poet, and activist (b. 1945)
• 1997 » Brian Connolly, Scottish musician, lead singer The Sweet (b. 1945)
• 2000 » Jim Varney, American actor, comedian and writer (b. 1949)