Wiggins-Mergenthaler Family Tree » Svea Rebecca Peterson (1907-1986)

Day of marriage July 9, 1928

• The temperature on July 9, 1928 was between 9.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
  • January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
  • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
  • December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

Day of death March 31, 1986

• The temperature on March 31, 1986 was between 1.1 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • February 9 » Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
  • March 27 » A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
  • April 25 » Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
  • June 30 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
  • September 6 » In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
  • September 23 » Houston Astros' Jim Deshaies sets a record, striking out the first eight batters he faces against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (b. 1913)
• 1980 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Enid Bagnold, English author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Jerry Paris, American actor and director (b. 1925)
• 1988 » William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)