Olson's Tree » Gordon Randolph McGrath (1920-1990)

Day of marriage May 25, 1946

• The temperature on May 25, 1946 was between 9.0 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • February 22 » The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
  • April 8 » Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
  • September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
  • September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
  • October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
  • October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.

Day of death June 23, 1990

• The temperature on June 23, 1990 was between 11.9 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
  • March 29 » The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
  • April 7 » A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.
  • July 21 » Taiwan's military police forces mainland Chinese illegal immigrants into sealed holds of a fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5540 for repatriation to Fujian, causing 25 people to die from suffocation.
  • August 23 » Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
  • November 14 » After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Werner Best, German police officer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1990 » Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor, and politician (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Eric Andolsek, American football player (b. 1966)
• 1995 » Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1995 » Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (b. 1914)
• 1995 » Roger Grimsby, American journalist (b. 1928)