Olson's Tree » Mildred Chaney (1898-1988)

Day of marriage March 18, 1920

• The temperature on March 18, 1920 was between 4.9 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). 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 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 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
  • February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
  • May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
  • August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
  • September 1 » The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
  • September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.

Day of death November 1, 1988

• The temperature on November 1, 1988 was between 2.7 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 17 » Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
  • March 20 » Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
  • May 29 » The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
  • July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
  • October 17 » Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.
  • December 7 » The 6.8 M_s  Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch-Swiss musicologist and author (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Norman Krasna, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1985 » Arnold Pihlak, Estonian-English footballer (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
• 1987 » René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (b. 1922)