Olson's Tree » Thelma Morgan (1904-1970)

Day of marriage June 27, 1926

• The temperature on June 27, 1926 was between 7.5 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
  • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
  • May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
  • June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
  • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

Day of death January 29, 1970

• The temperature on January 29, 1970 was between -0.4 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • March 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
  • April 13 » An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
  • May 4 » Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
  • June 11 » After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
  • June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
  • November 18 » U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1969 » Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)
• 1970 » B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)