Olson's Tree » Goldie Chaney (1900-1999)

Day of marriage August 20, 1919

• The temperature on August 20, 1919 was between 14.8 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
  • June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
  • September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
  • October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
  • October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
  • December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)

Day of death June 12, 1999

• The temperature on June 12, 1999 was between 8.3 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The last hockey game is played in Maple Leaf Gardens: the Toronto Maple Leafs lose 6–2 to the Chicago Blackhawks.
  • May 3 » Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side resulted into the kargil war.
  • June 1 » American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
  • July 1 » The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
  • November 11 » The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
  • November 18 » At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1998 » Leo Buscaglia, American author and educator (b. 1924)
• 1998 » Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
• 1999 » J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
• 2000 » Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, Brazilian criminal (b. 1978)