Genealogy Kittrell » Ann B. Harris Gott (1923-2000)

Day of marriage February 10, 1946

• The temperature on February 10, 1946 was between 1.6 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
  • February 1 » Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
  • April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
  • July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
  • August 3 » Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
  • September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

Day of death August 31, 2000

• The temperature on August 31, 2000 was between 7.7 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 2000: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
  • February 4 » The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
  • May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
  • June 22 » Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.
  • September 26 » The MSExpress Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
  • October 2 » The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
  • October 7 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.

Source: Wikipedia

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