McMahon/Trahan Family Tree » Anna Lucia Jette (1921-2005)

Day of marriage July 8, 1955

• The temperature on July 8, 1955 was between 13.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
  • April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
  • April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
  • September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
  • December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.
  • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

Day of death June 13, 2005

• The temperature on June 13, 2005 was between 7.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006 where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
  • May 31 » Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat".
  • July 26 » Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
  • July 28 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
  • October 15 » A planned neo-Nazi protest against African-American street gangs sets off a riot in Toledo, Ohio. Twenty-nine people are arrested.
  • October 19 » Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1916)
• 2004 » Ralph Wiley, American journalist and author (b. 1952)
• 2005 » Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese academic and politician (b. 1913)
• 2005 » David Diamond, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Charles Haughey, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Walid Eido, Lebanese judge and politician (b. 1942)