Olson's Tree » Gideon Morgan Bell (1917-2008)
Personal data Gideon Morgan Bell
Source 1- He was born on February 12, 1917 in Bartlesville, Dewey Co, Oklahoma.
- He died on February 20, 2008 in Pryor, Mayes Co, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten, he was 91 years old.
- A child of Frank Rolla Bell and Amanda Payne Morgan
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Birthday February 12, 1917
- The temperature on February 12, 1917 was between -0.5 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
- June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
- July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
- August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
- December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
- December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
Day of death February 20, 2008
- The temperature on February 20, 2008 was between -1.5 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
- February 17 » Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
- July 13 » Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
- August 6 » A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
- September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
- September 26 » Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
- November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
Same birth/death day
- 1915 » Lorne Greene, Canadian-American actor († 1987)
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- 1917 » Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach († 2009)
- 1917 » Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player († 2009)
- 1918 » Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
- 1918 » Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic († 2015)
- 2005 » Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1942)
- 2006 » Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
- 2006 » Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author (b. 1920)
- 2008 » Emily Perry, English actress and dancer (b. 1907)
- 2009 » Larry H. Miller, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944)
- 2010 » Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (b. 1924)
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