Schaeffer-Massung Family Tree » Sydney Leslie MERTZ Jr (1930-2005)

Christening day December 7, 1930

• The temperature on December 7, 1930 was between -0.4 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • March 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
  • March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
  • March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
  • April 6 » At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."
  • May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
  • August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.

Day of death June 28, 2005

• The temperature on June 28, 2005 was between 9.4 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1 » In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
  • July 27 » After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
  • August 15 » Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
  • 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 22 » Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
  • December 15 » Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Anthony Buckeridge, English author (b. 1912)
• 2005 » Brenda Howard, American activist (b. 1946)
• 2005 » Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1976)
• 2006 » George Unwin, English pilot and commander (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Jim Baen, American publisher, founded Baen Books (b. 1943)
• 2006 » Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1919)