Howry Family Tree » Charles L Blevens (1934-1969)

Day of marriage October 3, 1962

• The temperature on October 3, 1962 was between 14.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
  • June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
  • September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  • October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
  • October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.
  • December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.

Day of death January 5, 1969

• The temperature on January 5, 1969 was between -2.3 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
  • January 18 » United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
  • August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
  • August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.
  • November 24 » Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.
  • December 1 » Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer and scholar (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American sound designer and engineer (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Tevfik Rüştü Aras, Turkish physician and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1907)