Snyder family tree » Blanch Mabel Kratser (1893-1963)

Day of marriage March 6, 1917

• The temperature on March 6, 1917 was between -3.6 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
  • March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
  • April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
  • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
  • July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
  • December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

Day of death July 15, 1963

• The temperature on July 15, 1963 was between 13.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • April 21 » The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith.
  • May 25 » The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • June 21 » Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
  • July 26 » The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
  • August 22 » X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96km (67.08mi) (354,200 feet)).
  • December 10 » Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » Lawrence Tibbett, American singer and actor (b. 1896)
• 1960 » Set Persson, Swedish politician (b. 1897)
• 1961 » - Nina Bari, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
• 1961 » John Edward Brownlee, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Alberta (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Francis Cherry, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Seyfi Arkan, Turkish architect (b. 1903)