Sherren Family Tree » Robert David MACKINNON (1928-1993)

Day of marriage May 8, 1954

• The temperature on May 8, 1954 was between 1.3 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
  • July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
  • July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
  • November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
  • November 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
  • November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

Day of death March 13, 1993

• The temperature on March 13, 1993 was between 1.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (94%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
  • January 18 » Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.
  • February 28 » The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
  • June 5 » Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
  • September 30 » The 6.2 M_w  Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
  • November 4 » China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Kai Tak Airport.

Day of burial March 17, 1993

• The temperature on March 17, 1993 was between 7.3 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
  • August 31 » Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.
  • September 9 » Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
  • September 13 » Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
  • November 18 » In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
  • November 20 » Macedonia's deadliest aviation disaster occurs Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yakovlev Yak-42 crashes near Ohrid killing all 116 people on board.
  • December 15 » The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1990 » Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (b. 1903)
• 1995 » Odette Hallowes, French nurse and spy (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 1998 » Hans von Ohain, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
• 1999 » Lee Falk, American cartoonist, director, and producer (b. 1911)