Descendants of June Carol Yost » Edith Elizabeth (Edith Elizabeth ) {Strom} Lewry (1921-2008)

Christening day April 24, 1921

• The temperature on April 24, 1921 was between 4.9 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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.
  • March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
  • March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
  • May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
  • July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
  • November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
  • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

Day of marriage June 12, 1949

• The temperature on June 12, 1949 was between 7.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
  • March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
  • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
  • June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
  • November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
  • December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

Day of death July 13, 2008

• The temperature on July 13, 2008 was between 10.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 24 » Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
  • March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
  • May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
  • May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
  • May 25 » NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.
  • December 24 » The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (b. 1922)
• 2006 » Red Buttons, American actor (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Michael Reardon, American mountaineer (b. 1965)
• 2008 » Bronisław Geremek, Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1932)
• 2010 » George Steinbrenner, American businessman (b. 1930)
• 2010 » Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and composer (b. 1931)