RanHam Tree » James G Edwards (1870-1949)

Day of death March 28, 1949

• The temperature on March 28, 1949 was between 4.1 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
  • June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
  • June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
  • October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
  • November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
  • December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)
• 1943 » Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889)
• 1953 » Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)