Olson's Tree » William Hale Harkness (1900-1954)

Day of marriage June 13, 1932

• The temperature on June 13, 1932 was between 12.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
  • April 24 » Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
  • May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
  • July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
  • August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
  • September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).

Day of death August 12, 1954

• The temperature on August 12, 1954 was between 11.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
  • April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
  • May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
  • July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
  • September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
  • October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1955 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1964 » Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)