McCaughey Kelly Family Tree » Michael Joseph "Joe" (Michael Joseph "Joe") Sheehan (1900-1954)

Day of marriage July 28, 1924

• The temperature on July 28, 1924 was between 8.9 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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 year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
  • March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
  • April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
  • August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
  • October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
  • October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.

Day of death March 24, 1954

• The temperature on March 24, 1954 was between 4.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
  • February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
  • February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
  • May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
  • September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
  • November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.

Day of burial June 30, 1955

• The temperature on June 30, 1955 was between 12.4 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
  • April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
  • June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
  • August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
  • September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
  • October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1950 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)