Genealogy Wylie » Mary Leota Ratchford Sigmon [RC] "Leota" (1920-2004)

Day of marriage September 7, 1940

• The temperature on September 7, 1940 was between 8.0 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • May 15 » Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant.
  • June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
  • June 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
  • July 3 » World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, and one escapes back to France.
  • August 15 » An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiserElli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
  • August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.

Day of death July 30, 2004

• The temperature on July 30, 2004 was between 11.8 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
  • July 4 » The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
  • September 15 » National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
  • October 4 » SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight.
  • November 21 » The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
  • November 27 » Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (b. 1923)
• 2003 » Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1962)
• 2005 » John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, 6th President of South Sudan (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (b. 1905)
• 2006 » Al Balding, Canadian golfer (b. 1924)
• 2006 » Duygu Asena, Turkish journalist and author(b. 1946)