Pop Oswald Tree » Reginald John COVELL (1907-1981)

Christening day December 7, 1907

• The temperature on December 7, 1907 was between -1.1 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Day of marriage June 22, 1935

• The temperature on June 22, 1935 was between 13.2 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
  • April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
  • June 10 » Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
  • August 31 » In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
  • December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.
  • December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.

Day of death September 9, 1981

• The temperature on September 9, 1981 was between 11.2 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • March 11 » Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
  • April 12 » The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
  • July 17 » A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
  • September 1 » A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
  • September 26 » Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
  • October 14 » Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author (b. 1892)
• 1978 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1892)
• 1979 » Norrie Paramor, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1914)
• 1980 » John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1981 » Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. 1901)
• 1981 » Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1907)