Sherren Family Tree » Ada Alice Jones (1912-1978)

Day of marriage October 24, 1931

• The temperature on October 24, 1931 was between 4.2 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
  • March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
  • March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
  • October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
  • December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

Day of death July 4, 1978

• The temperature on July 4, 1978 was between 8.6 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
  • February 6 » The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
  • February 13 » Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
  • February 19 » Egyptian forces raid Larnaca International Airport in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking, without authorisation from the Republic of Cyprus authorities. The Cypriot National Guard and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian C-130 transport plane in open combat.
  • June 26 » Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
  • September 17 » The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli colonel (b. 1946)
• 1977 » Gersh Budker, Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918)
• 1979 » Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)