Descendants of June Carol Yost » Joan Elaine {Ella} {Chico} Yost (1915-2001)

Day of marriage April 2, 1881

• The temperature on April 2, 1881 was about 1.9 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 27 » First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
  • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
  • July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
  • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
  • October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
  • November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.

Day of death February 4, 2001

• The temperature on February 4, 2001 was between -0.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 25.3 mm of rain during 17.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
  • June 5 » Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm causes $5.5billion in damages, making Allison the second costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
  • December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  • December 13 » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
  • December 19 » Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • December 22 » Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.

Source: Wikipedia

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