Riches to Rags Family Tree » Susana Wesley Chance (1903-1992)

Day of marriage September 23, 1922

• The temperature on September 23, 1922 was between 10.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • June 16 » General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
  • July 9 » Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
  • August 22 » Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
  • August 27 » Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Kingdom of Greece.
  • September 18 » The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
  • December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.

Day of death March 15, 1992

• The temperature on March 15, 1992 was between 2.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • March 31 » The USSMissouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
  • April 5 » Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
  • April 22 » In a series of explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
  • August 24 » Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category5 hurricane, causing up to $25billion (1992 USD) in damages.
  • December 3 » A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
  • December 3 » The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1926)
• 1989 » Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet and politician (b. 1915)
• 1990 » Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-English journalist (b. 1958)
• 1990 » Tom Harmon, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
• 1991 » Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1906)
• 1992 » Rahi Masoom Raza, Indian Urdu poet (b.1927)