McDonald Family Tree » Ruth Jean Roland (1918-2007)

Day of marriage April 19, 1941

• The temperature on April 19, 1941 was between 5.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Franco-Thai War: Vichy French forces inflict a decisive defeat over the Royal Thai Navy.
  • April 14 » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
  • April 16 » World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
  • May 27 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
  • July 26 » World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and cut off oil shipments.
  • October 11 » Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.

Day of death February 14, 2007

• The temperature on February 14, 2007 was between 4.7 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 12.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 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.
  • January 1 » Bulgaria and Romania join the EU.
  • April 18 » A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
  • August 1 » The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
  • November 9 » The German Bundestag passes the controversial data retention bill mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause.
  • November 15 » Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
  • December 23 » An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1944; assassinated)
• 2006 » Lynden David Hall, English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1974)
• 2007 » Gareth Morris, English flute player and educator (b. 1920)
• 2007 » Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator and director (b. 1943)
• 2009 » Bernard Ashley, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1926)
• 2009 » Louie Bellson, American drummer and composer (b. 1924)