Sherren Family Tree » Charles Ray "Charlie" (Charles Ray "Charlie") Wells (1924-1981)

Birthday July 19, 1924

• The temperature on July 19, 1924 was between 10.9 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 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 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
  • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
  • June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
  • July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
  • October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
  • November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1923 » Theo Barker, English historian († 2001)
• 1924 » Arthur Rankin Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1924 » Pat Hingle, American actor and producer († 2009)
• 1924 » Stanley K. Hathaway, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior († 2005)