The Forgotten Ones » Basil Monroe Kirk (1898-1974)

Day of marriage August 19, 1916

• The temperature on August 19, 1916 was between 9.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 19.2 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
  • February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
  • August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
  • September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
  • December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

Day of death December 12, 1974

• The temperature on December 12, 1974 was between 0.5 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 1 » A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
  • April 29 » Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
  • June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
  • August 1 » Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
  • August 9 » As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
  • November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)
• 1970 » George Terwilliger, American director and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1971 » David Sarnoff, Belarusian-American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Yechezkel Kutscher, Israeli philologist and linguist (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Richard Baggallay, English colonel and cricketer (b. 1884)
• 1976 » Jack Cassidy, American actor (b. 1927)