Sickler Family Tree » Iris Emma Estey (1922-2002)

Day of marriage August 15, 1942

• The temperature on August 15, 1942 was between 11.2 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 26 » World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
  • February 14 » Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
  • July 18 » The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time.
  • September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
  • November 26 » Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.
  • November 26 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.

Day of death February 3, 2002

• The temperature on February 3, 2002 was between 6.3 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 23 » U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
  • March 1 » The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800km (500mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.
  • March 30 » 2002 Lyon car attack takes place.
  • April 14 » Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
  • May 23 » The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
  • May 26 » The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1996 » Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Gwen Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1950)
• 2005 » Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (b. 1904)
• 2005 » Zurab Zhvania, Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
• 2006 » Al Lewis, American actor and activist (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Sheng-yen, Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain (b. 1930)