Schaeffer-Massung Family Tree » John William MASSUNG (1917-2003)

Day of marriage August 15, 1950

• The temperature on August 15, 1950 was between 10.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
  • April 8 » India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat–Nehru Pact.
  • May 9 » Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
  • May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
  • November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
  • November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.

Day of death April 1, 2003

• The temperature on April 1, 2003 was between -0.4 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 15.7 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • May 16 » In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
  • October 4 » The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing Israel kills twenty-one Israelis, both Jews and Arabs.
  • November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
  • December 14 » Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
  • December 26 » The 6.6 M_w  Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.
  • December 29 » The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Trịnh Công Sơn, Vietnamese guitarist and composer (b. 1939)
• 2002 » Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (b. 1905)
• 2003 » Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1956)
• 2004 » Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1945)
• 2004 » Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)
• 2005 » Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b 1925)