Conrad-Cook Family Tree » Kelsie Norman Simmons (1900-1991)

Day of marriage June 17, 1931

• The temperature on June 17, 1931 was between 10.1 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
  • March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
  • July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
  • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  • December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
  • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

Day of death February 11, 1991

• The temperature on February 11, 1991 was between -6.9 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
  • June 7 » Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3mi) high.
  • July 31 » The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
  • September 8 » The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
  • October 4 » The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
  • November 18 » Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.

Day of burial February 18, 1991

• The temperature on February 18, 1991 was between -3.2 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • April 5 » An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.
  • June 10 » Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
  • June 12 » Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.
  • July 1 » Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
  • August 24 » Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
  • October 18 » The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (b. 1912)
• 1993 » Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 1994 » Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1994 » Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (b. 1924)
• 1994 » Sorrell Booke, American lieutenant, actor, and director (b. 1930)
• 1994 » William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)