McMahon/Trahan Family Tree » Donald Robert Yandow (1921-1997)

Day of marriage September 21, 1948

• The temperature on September 21, 1948 was between 5.7 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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)
• 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.
• 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 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • April 9 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
  • May 7 » The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
  • June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
  • September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
  • December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.
  • December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

Day of death September 29, 1997

• The temperature on September 29, 1997 was between 5.8 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
  • April 6 » In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occurs when a group of young people abduct and kidnap a religious family before shooting them dead on a rural suburban road.
  • April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
  • June 25 » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
  • September 18 » The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
  • November 3 » The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
  • November 17 » In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1997 » Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 1998 » Tom Bradley, American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Jean-Louis Millette, Canadian actor (b. 1935)
• 2000 » John Grant, English journalist and politician (b. 1932)
• 2001 » Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (b. 1915)