Kelson Burbank Genealogy » Winifield Ransom Ward (1874-1962)

Day of death January 15, 1962

• The temperature on January 15, 1962 was between 0.6 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
  • February 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
  • July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • September 6 » Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
  • October 8 » Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
  • October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
  • October 27 » By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (b. 1900)
• 1959 » Regina Margareten, Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863)
• 1964 » Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)
• 1967 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1968 » Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 1970 » Frank Clement, English race car driver (b. 1886)