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Bessie Ray
1897-1962

Willie Lee Ray
1915-1972


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Historical events

Birthday January 31, 1915

  • The temperature on January 31, 1915 was between -0.4 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
    • January 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
    • March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
    • April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
    • August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
    • November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

Day of death November 21, 1972

  • The temperature on November 21, 1972 was between 4.8 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
    • February 15 » Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
    • February 21 » United States President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
    • April 20 » Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
    • April 22 » Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
    • June 15 » Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
    • June 30 » The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1914 » Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer and police officer († 1994)
  • 1915 » Alan Lomax, American historian, author, and scholar († 2002)
  • 1915 » Bobby Hackett, American trumpet player and cornet player († 1976)
  • 1915 » Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host († 1993)
  • 1915 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author († 1968)
  • 1916 » Frank Parker, American tennis player († 1997)

Source: Wikipedia


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