Scherek Arbol » Arlene Diane Asher (1939-2011)

Day of marriage December 10, 1961

• The temperature on December 10, 1961 was between 6.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
  • February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
  • March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
  • June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
  • August 10 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20million US gallons (76,000m) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.
  • October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.

Day of death September 26, 2011

• The temperature on September 26, 2011 was between 11.5 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • February 13 » For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
  • March 11 » An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130km (81mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
  • March 15 » Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
  • April 11 » An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
  • July 10 » Russian cruise ship Bulgaria sinks in Volga near Syukeyevo, Tatarstan, causing 122 deaths.
  • December 31 » NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2010 » Gloria Stuart, American actress (b. 1910)
• 2010 » Terry Newton, English rugby player (b. 1978)
• 2011 » Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded the City Museum (b. 1949)
• 2012 » Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1930)
• 2012 » M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (b. 1933)
• 2012 » Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927)