Sherren Family Tree » Alice Florence Dickson (1931-2017)

Christening day July 5, 1931

• The temperature on July 5, 1931 was between 14.8 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 21.0 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 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 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
  • February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
  • July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
  • July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
  • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
  • October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.

Day of death December 22, 2017

• The temperature on December 22, 2017 was between 7.3 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called 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 Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2017: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
  • April 6 » U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
  • June 3 » London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police.
  • September 7 » The 8.2 M_w  2017 Chiapas earthquake strikes southern Mexico, killing at least 60 people.
  • October 12 » The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. and is immediately followed by Israel.
  • December 11 » New York City attempted bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator.

Day of burial December 28, 2017

• The temperature on December 28, 2017 was between 2.4 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called 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 Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• In the year 2017: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
  • February 11 » North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
  • April 3 » A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
  • August 18 » The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
  • August 25 » Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004. Over the next few days, the storm causes catastrophic flooding throughout much of eastern Texas, killing 106 people and causing $125billion in damage.
  • September 20 » Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.
  • November 21 » Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2015 » Freda Meissner-Blau, Australian activist and politician (b. 1927)
• 2015 » Peter Lundblad, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
• 2016 » Chad Robinson, Australian rugby league player (b. 1980)
• 2017 » Gonzalo Morales Sáurez, Costa Rican painter (b. 1945)
• 2018 » Herman Sikumbang, Indonesian guitarist (b. 1982); casualty during 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
• 2018 » Simcha Rotem, last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (b. 1924)