Family tree Arling » Anna Magreta Arling (1904-1962)

Day of marriage May 16, 1927

• The temperature on May 16, 1927 was between 8.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
  • January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
  • April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
  • May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
  • May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
  • September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
  • December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.

Day of death November 11, 1962

• The temperature on November 11, 1962 was between 2.5 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
  • April 26 » NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
  • July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
  • August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
  • September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
  • October 16 » Cuban missile crisis begins: Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).

Day of burial November 15, 1962

• The temperature on November 15, 1962 was between 1.0 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
  • February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
  • July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
  • July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
  • September 25 » The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
  • November 21 » The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1866)
• 1961 » Behiç Erkin, Turkish colonel and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1965 » Luis Arturo González López Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (b. 1900)
• 1972 » Berry Oakley, American bass player (b. 1948)
• 1973 » Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)