Sherren Family Tree » Margaret "Maggie" Ann (Margaret "Maggie" Ann) MacLean (1891-1987)

Christening day August 5, 1892

• The temperature on August 5, 1892 was about 17.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
  • April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
  • July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
  • August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
  • September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
  • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.

Day of death June 28, 1987

• The temperature on June 28, 1987 was between 15.9 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
  • March 7 » Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen.
  • June 12 » Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
  • August 19 » Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
  • October 19 » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
  • December 8 » Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Alf Francis, German-English motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Joris Ivens, Dutch journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Guy Nève, Belgian racing driver (b. 1955)
• 1992 » Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)