Sickler Family Tree » Doris Blanche Robinson (1908-2005)

Day of marriage September 16, 1926

• The temperature on September 16, 1926 was between 8.5 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
  • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  • May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
  • June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
  • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.

Day of death September 29, 2005

• The temperature on September 29, 2005 was between 8.7 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
  • January 21 » In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
  • February 8 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.
  • April 25 » The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
  • August 17 » The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
  • September 30 » Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2004 » Patrick Wormald, English historian (b. 1947)
• 2004 » Richard Sainct, French motorcycle racer (b. 1970)
• 2005 » Austin Leslie, American chef and author (b. 1934)
• 2005 » Patrick Caulfield, English painter and academic (b. 1936)
• 2006 » Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
• 2006 » Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer and manager (b. 1915)