Lortz Family Tree » Edna Gladys Harkless (1919-2007)

Day of marriage March 5, 1949

• The temperature on March 5, 1949 was between -7.3 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 3 » The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
  • January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
  • May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
  • June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
  • October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
  • December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.

Day of death July 8, 2007

• The temperature on July 8, 2007 was between 9.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • April 25 » Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
  • May 19 » President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
  • July 25 » Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
  • October 10 » Team Fortress 2 is released by Valve Corporation
  • November 7 » Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.
  • December 5 » Westroads Mall shooting: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills eight people, including himself, with a WASR-10 at a Von Maur department store in Omaha, Nebraska.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (b. 1911)
• 2006 » June Allyson, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 2007 » Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1927)
• 2007 » Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1929)
• 2008 » John Templeton, American-born British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912)
• 2009 » Midnight, American singer-songwriter (b. 1962)