McNiven - Oliver Family tree » William Harding Oliver (1896-1986)

Day of marriage August 24, 1920

• The temperature on August 24, 1920 was between 7.8 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
  • March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
  • May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
  • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
  • June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
  • August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.

Day of death February 28, 1986

• The temperature on February 28, 1986 was between -6.7 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • February 16 » China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
  • April 29 » A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
  • May 2 » Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
  • June 22 » The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
  • June 30 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
  • September 6 » In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Zara Cully, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1983 » Winifred Atwell, Trinidadian pianist (b. 1910 or 1914)
• 1987 » Stephen Tennant, English author (b. 1906)
• 1991 » Wassily Hoeffding, Finnish-American statistician and theorist (b. 1914)
• 1993 » Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1993 » Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress and dancer (b. 1909)