Sherren Family Tree » Arthur "Art" Russell (Arthur "Art" Russell) Sherren (1923-2008)

Day of marriage July 4, 1945

• The temperature on July 4, 1945 was between 6.5 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (58%). 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.
  • January 30 » World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.
  • February 8 » World War II: Mikhail Devyataev escapes with nine other Soviet inmates from a Nazi concentration camp in Peenemünde on the island of Usedom by hijacking the camp commandant's Heinkel He 111.
  • March 29 » World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
  • April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
  • December 24 » Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.

Day of death March 3, 2008

• The temperature on March 3, 2008 was between 1.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • July 2 » Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
  • August 17 » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
  • September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
  • October 15 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.
  • October 29 » Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
  • December 22 » An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1billion US gallons (4,200,000m) of coal fly ash slurry.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Else Fisher, Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1923)
• 2007 » Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)
• 2008 » Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1935)