McCaughey Kelly Family Tree » Ann Marie McCaughey (1920-2014)

Day of marriage April 29, 1947

• The temperature on April 29, 1947 was between 6.9 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). 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)
• 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 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
  • May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
  • June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
  • September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
  • November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
  • December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

Day of death August 27, 2014

• The temperature on August 27, 2014 was between 6.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • March 16 » Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
  • May 24 » A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
  • June 27 » At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
  • August 10 » Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport.
  • October 14 » The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.
  • December 4 » Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2013 » Bill Peach, Australian journalist (b. 1935)
• 2013 » Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (b. 1910)
• 2013 » Dave Thomas, Welsh golfer and architect (b. 1934)
• 2014 » Benno Pludra, German author (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (b. 1921)
• 2014 » Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)