Sherren Family Tree » Beverly Joan PRUIM (1938-1999)

Christening day December 4, 1938

• The temperature on December 4, 1938 was between -0.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
  • June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
  • July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
  • September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
  • September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

Day of death January 4, 1999

• The temperature on January 4, 1999 was between 5.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The heavily 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, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
  • August 19 » In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
  • October 12 » The World Population reaches 6 billion.
  • November 12 » The 7.2 M_w  Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.
  • November 18 » At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.
  • November 26 » The 7.5 M_w  Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1997 » Harry Helmsley, American businessman (b. 1909)
• 1998 » Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908)
• 1999 » Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (b. 1904)
• 2000 » Spyros Markezinis, Greek lawyer and politician, 170th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1909)
• 2000 » Tom Fears, Mexican-American football player and coach (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Les Brown, American bandleader and composer (b. 1912)