Poole/Walker family tree » Joseph William Poole (1887-1969)

Day of marriage June 20, 1912

• The temperature on June 20, 1912 was between 13.8 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
  • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
  • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
  • November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
  • December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)

Day of death September 15, 1969

• The temperature on September 15, 1969 was between 13.8 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
  • January 16 » Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
  • April 28 » Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
  • May 2 » The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
  • July 25 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
  • December 4 » Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1972 » Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)