McDonald Family Tree » George Lewis Bowen (1893-1952)

Day of marriage November 25, 1915

• The temperature on November 25, 1915 was between -0.1 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
  • January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
  • January 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
  • July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
  • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.

Day of death April 14, 1952

• The temperature on April 14, 1952 was between 6.3 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • January 14 » NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
  • February 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
  • April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
  • July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
  • October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
  • November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1943 » Yakov Dzhugashvili, Georgian-Russian lieutenant (b. 1907)
• 1950 » Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1879)
• 1951 » Al Christie, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
• 1962 » M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer and scholar (b. 1860)
• 1963 » Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian monk and historian (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist (b. 1876)