Ewing family tree » Georgia Carolyn Duckworth (1930-2009)

Day of marriage August 31, 1951

• The temperature on August 31, 1951 was between 11.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
  • February 6 » The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War.
  • April 17 » The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
  • June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
  • October 3 » Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
  • December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.

Day of death June 14, 2009

• The temperature on June 14, 2009 was between 13.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2009: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
  • January 8 » A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
  • May 1 » Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
  • May 18 » The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
  • June 10 » James Wenneker von Brunn, who was 88-years-old, opened fire inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fatally shot Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.
  • July 4 » The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2006 » Monty Berman, English director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1905)
• 2007 » Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Austrian politician, 9th President of Austria (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Robin Olds, American general and pilot (b. 1922)
• 2007 » Ruth Graham, Chinese-American author, poet, and painter (b. 1920)
• 2009 » Bob Bogle, American musician (The Ventures) (b. 1934)
• 2009 » William McIntyre, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1918)