Sherren Family Tree » Earl Rand Fall (1923-2013)

Day of marriage June 12, 1952

• The temperature on June 12, 1952 was between 11.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (39%). 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
  • April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  • June 26 » The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
  • July 7 » The ocean liner SSUnited States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
  • December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
  • December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.

Day of death June 15, 2013

• The temperature on June 15, 2013 was between 8.7 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • April 17 » An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.
  • June 26 » Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
  • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • June 30 » Protests begin around Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party, leading to their overthrow during the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état.
  • July 6 » At least 42 people are killed in a shooting at a school in Yobe State, Nigeria.
  • December 19 » Spacecraft Gaia is launched by European Space Agency.

Day of burial June 18, 2013

• The temperature on June 18, 2013 was between 14.0 °C and 30.4 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
  • March 29 » At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • April 18 » A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.
  • April 29 » National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing seven people.
  • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • July 24 » A high-speed train derails in Spain rounding a curve with an 80km/h (50mph) speed limit at 190km/h (120mph), killing 78 passengers.
  • October 11 » A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 34 people drowning.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2012 » Capitola Dickerson, American pianist and educator (b. 1913)
• 2012 » Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (b. 1927)
• 2013 » Dennis O'Rourke, Australian director and producer (b. 1945)
• 2013 » Heinz Flohe, German footballer and manager (b. 1948)
• 2013 » José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver (b. 1922)
• 2013 » Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1936)