My Ancestral Journey » Cora Mae Schell (1889-1976)

Day of marriage November 19, 1913

• The temperature on November 19, 1913 was between 4.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (60%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
  • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
  • June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
  • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
  • October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
  • December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.

Day of death April 28, 1976

• The temperature on April 28, 1976 was between -0.3 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. 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 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 year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • April 13 » Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
  • May 8 » The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
  • July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
  • July 21 » Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
  • September 19 » Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object, when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
  • October 13 » The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Richard Hughes, American author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Ricardo Cortez, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1977 » Sepp Herberger, German footballer and coach (b. 1897)
• 1978 » Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)
• 1980 » Tommy Caldwell, American bass player (b. 1949)