Tree of René » Sigrid Nilsson (1898-1974)

Day of marriage April 29, 1921

• The temperature on April 29, 1921 was between 5.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
  • February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
  • March 1 » Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion began, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
  • March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
  • June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
  • September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

Day of death December 11, 1974

• The temperature on December 11, 1974 was between 1.7 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 21.4 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
  • June 26 » The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
  • August 7 » Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417m) in the air.
  • September 8 » Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
  • December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
  • December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

Day of burial December 21, 1974

• The temperature on December 21, 1974 was between 7.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
  • January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
  • March 4 » People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
  • May 18 » Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
  • June 29 » Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
  • November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
  • December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Lee Wiley, American singer (b. 1908)
• 1975 » Nihal Atsız, Turkish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
• 1978 » Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1979 » James J. Gibson, American psychologist and author (b. 1904)