Sickler Family Tree » Peggy Sue Wilson (1926-1991)

Day of marriage January 7, 1944

• The temperature on January 7, 1944 was between 0.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • February 17 » World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok begins: The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.
  • March 6 » World War II: Soviet Air Forces bomb an evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia, destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.
  • July 17 » Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
  • September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
  • October 30 » Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
  • December 18 » World War II: Seventy-seven B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base.

Day of death August 26, 1991

• The temperature on August 26, 1991 was between 8.8 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
  • April 2 » Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
  • May 19 » Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
  • September 22 » The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
  • September 29 » A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
  • December 1 » Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1988 » Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
• 1989 » Irving Stone, American author (b. 1903)
• 1990 » Tang Chang, Thai artist (b. 1934)
• 1991 » Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 1993 » Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect, co-designed the Kaleva Church (b. 1923)