FutureHistory » Carolus "Charles" (Carolus "Charles") Pauwels (1898-1983)

Day of marriage December 26, 1919

• The temperature on December 26, 1919 was between -0.9 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 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 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 year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
  • March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
  • May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
  • May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
  • July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
  • October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.

Day of death March 14, 1983

• The temperature on March 14, 1983 was between 6.3 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • May 6 » The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
  • July 22 » Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
  • July 24 » The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
  • November 7 » United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
  • December 4 » US Navy aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy and USS Independence attack Syrian Missile sites in Lebanon in response to an F-14 being fired on by an SA-7. One A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair are shot down. 1 American pilot was killed, one was rescued and one is captured.
  • December 10 » Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (b. 1917)
• 1980 » Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish environmentalist (b. 1928)
• 1980 » Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Indonesia (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (b. 1892)