Dagosto/Dimirra/Weckerle/Kuhn Family Tree » Dorothy Rose Schweighart (1914-1997)

Day of marriage August 4, 1945

• The temperature on August 4, 1945 was between 12.6 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 28 » World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
  • January 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
  • March 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
  • April 4 » World War II: Soviet troops liberate Hungary from German occupation and occupy the country themselves.
  • August 30 » The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
  • October 21 » French women vote for the first time during the 1945 French legislative election.

Day of death March 4, 1997

• The temperature on March 4, 1997 was between 2.1 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • April 6 » In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occurs when a group of young people abduct and kidnap a religious family before shooting them dead on a rural suburban road.
  • May 15 » The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
  • June 25 » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
  • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • October 27 » The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
  • December 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Matt Urban, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
• 1996 » John Sauer, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)
• 1996 » Minnie Pearl, American entertainer (b. 1912)
• 1997 » Joe Baker-Cresswell, English captain (b. 1901)
• 1997 » Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1916)
• 1998 » Ivan Dougherty, Australian general (b. 1907)