Snyder family tree » Helen Marie Shields (1922-2004)

Day of marriage March 11, 1942

• The temperature on March 11, 1942 was between -4.2 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 19 » World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
  • January 24 » World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
  • March 22 » World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
  • May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
  • June 28 » World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
  • August 23 » World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.

Day of death September 15, 2004

• The temperature on September 15, 2004 was between 6.4 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.
  • February 5 » Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
  • June 8 » The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
  • August 13 » One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
  • November 26 » The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
  • December 14 » The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (b. 1930)
• 2004 » Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
• 2004 » Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Guy Green, English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Sidney Luft, American manager and producer (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Raymond Baxter, English television host and author (b. 1922)