Lax Family Tree » Donald Ritchie Pearce (1931-2005)

Day of marriage October 11, 1952

• The temperature on October 11, 1952 was between 0.4 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • March 15 » In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870mm (73inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
  • July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
  • August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
  • September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
  • October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
  • November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

Day of death July 19, 2005

• The temperature on July 19, 2005 was between 16.1 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2005: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • January 29 » The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
  • May 21 » The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey.
  • August 17 » Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
  • October 19 » Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
  • November 9 » The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  • December 17 » Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 2004 » Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
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• 2006 » Jack Warden, American actor (b. 1920)