KimberWatson's Roots » Mary Elizabeth Harrington (1915-1993)

Day of marriage June 12, 1936

• The temperature on June 12, 1936 was between 5.2 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
  • June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
  • July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
  • August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
  • November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.

Day of death August 25, 1993

• The temperature on August 25, 1993 was between 8.4 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • March 7 » The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.
  • March 22 » The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
  • July 29 » The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
  • August 8 » The 7.8 M_w  Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
  • October 7 » The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
  • November 4 » China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Kai Tak Airport.

Source: Wikipedia

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