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Ancestors (and descendant) of Charles Raiford Riggs

David Arnold Pressly
1850-1915
Josephine Cook
1870-1930

Charles Raiford Riggs
1909-1976


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Sources

  1. Find A Grave, via http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi..., October 4, 2916
    Charles Raiford "Charlie" Riggs

    Birth: Aug. 8, 1909
    Yoakum
    Lavaca County
    Texas, USA
    Death: Nov. 15, 1976
    Austin
    Travis County
    Texas, USA


    Family links:
    Parents:
    Elihugh Jack Riggs (1883 - 1937)
    Julia Rebecca Presley Riggs (1888 - 1964)

    Spouse:
    Katherine Dorothy Sanford Smith (1910 - 2006)

    Burial:
    Sunset Memorial Park
    San Antonio
    Bexar County
    Texas, USA

    Created by: LizO
    Record added: Jan 16, 2016
    Find A Grave Memorial# 157143521

Historical events

Birthday August 8, 1909

  • The temperature on August 8, 1909 was between 12.0 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
    • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
    • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
    • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
    • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
    • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.

Day of death November 15, 1976

  • The temperature on November 15, 1976 was between 3.7 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1976: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
    • March 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
    • April 7 » Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for faking his own death.
    • July 20 » The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
    • July 28 » The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
    • July 29 » In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
    • August 18 » In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1971 » Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel (b. 1903)
  • 1976 » Jean Gabin, French actor, singer, and producer (b. 1904)
  • 1978 » Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
  • 1980 » Bill Lee, American actor and singer (b. 1916)
  • 1981 » Enid Markey, American actress (b. 1894)
  • 1981 » Steve Macko, American baseball player and coach (b. 1954)

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