Sherren Family Tree » Katie Lucille "Zubie" (Katie Lucille "Zubie") Austin (1914-2009)

Day of marriage February 17, 1929

• The temperature on February 17, 1929 was between -10.8 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• 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 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • February 21 » In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
  • June 8 » Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
  • November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
  • November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
  • December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
  • December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

Day of death February 4, 2009

• The average temperature on February 4, 2009 was 0.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • February 7 » Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
  • March 4 » The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
  • March 11 » Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
  • April 4 » France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
  • October 1 » The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
  • December 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2007 » Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian-English poet and translator (b. 1959)
• 2007 » José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Augusta Dabney, American actress (b. 1918)
• 2008 » Stefan Meller, Polish academic and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (b. 1942)
• 2010 » Helen Tobias-Duesberg, Estonian-American composer (b. 1919)
• 2010 » Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (b. 1924)