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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerard Curtis Besse

Frank Alden Besse
1858-1924
Mary Bryant Gammons
1869-1964

Gerard Curtis Besse
1919-1995


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    Birthday February 17, 1919

    • The temperature on February 17, 1919 was between 1.6 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
      • January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
      • February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
      • March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
      • May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
      • August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
      • September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.

    Day of death February 16, 1995

    • The temperature on February 16, 1995 was between 7.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
      • February 22 » The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
      • March 20 » The Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo carries out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, killing 13 and wounding over 6,200 people.
      • August 24 » Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
      • September 19 » The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
      • September 22 » An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
      • November 13 » A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility.
    

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