Schaeffer-Massung Family Tree » Elmer William AREHART Jr (1947-2003)

Christening day October 16, 1949

• The temperature on October 16, 1949 was between 13.3 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
  • April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
  • August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
  • August 31 » The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
  • September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
  • September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.

Day of marriage August 28, 1977

• The temperature on August 28, 1977 was between 9.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Capital punishment in the United States resumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah.
  • July 11 » Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • July 22 » Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
  • July 24 » End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
  • October 7 » The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
  • October 20 » Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's airplane crashes. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines perish in the crash.

Day of death December 10, 2003

• The temperature on December 10, 2003 was between -7.3 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 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, 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.
  • March 13 » An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
  • April 14 » The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
  • July 1 » Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
  • August 27 » Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005km) distant.
  • September 6 » Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.
  • November 12 » Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (b. 1911)
• 2002 » Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)
• 2002 » Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)
• 2003 » Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (b. 1924)
• 2004 » Gary Webb, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
• 2005 » Mary Jackson, American actress (b. 1910)