Sickler Family Tree » Geraldine Rae Weaver (1928-2008)

Day of marriage March 21, 1947

• The temperature on March 21, 1947 was between 3.2 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
  • March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
  • April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
  • August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
  • August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
  • December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

Day of death April 2, 2008

• The temperature on April 2, 2008 was between 4.8 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • May 2 » Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
  • September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
  • October 7 » Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.
  • November 4 » Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
  • December 11 » Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
  • December 14 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (b. 1910)
• 2008 » Yakup Satar, Turkish World War I veteran(b. 1898)
• 2009 » Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (b. 1911)
• 2009 » Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1926)
• 2010 » Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)