Snyder family tree » Donald Dean Snyder (1936-2003)

Day of marriage June 20, 1959

• The temperature on June 20, 1959 was between 7.3 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 15.7 hours of sunshine (94%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
  • April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
  • July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
  • August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
  • September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
  • November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.

Day of death August 7, 2003

• The temperature on August 7, 2003 was between 17.0 °C and 35.0 °C and averaged 25.7 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 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 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 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 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
  • March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
  • May 1 » Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USSAbraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".
  • May 28 » Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
  • July 7 » NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
  • December 23 » PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Algirdas Lauritėnas, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1932)
• 2003 » K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (b. 1931)
• 2003 » Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2004 » Colin Bibby, English ornithologist and academic (b. 1948)
• 2004 » Red Adair, American firefighter (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (b. 1938)