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Col. Donald Duane Dirks

Sources: Author: Hafner, Tyler, Title: "Donald Duane Dirks," (Publication location: Portland, OR, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date:xxv Feb MM), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/584628/donald-duane-dirks

"Photo [his military-style grave marker] added by Tyler Hafner

Donald Duane Dirks Birth 6 Jul 1925 Death 24 May 1986 (aged 60) Burial Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA Plot V, 0, 1060 Military CPL, US Army Memorial ID 584628

Parents
[photo - his stone] Theodore Dirks 1904 - 1976

Siblings
[photo - his military-style grave marker] Dale D Dirks 1928 - 1951

Maintained by: MoMaHeN Originally Created by: US Veterans Affairs Office Added: 25 Feb 2000 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 584628"

Chiseled into Donald's grave marker "[a cross] 1060 DONALD DUANE DIRKS CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR II JUL 6 1925 MAY 24 1986"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Donald Duane Dirks

John Meyers Dirks
1862-1920
Peiterke (Peterke) Moet
1865-1962

Donald Duane Dirks
1925-1986


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    Birthday July 6, 1925

    • The temperature on July 6, 1925 was between 13.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
      • April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
      • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
      • May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
      • June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
      • July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
      • September 17 » Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up art.

    Day of death May 24, 1986

    • The temperature on May 24, 1986 was between 9.3 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
      • January 19 » The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written.
      • January 20 » In the United States, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
      • April 11 » FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan were killed, while five other agents were wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed.
      • April 14 » The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2lb)) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
      • May 2 » Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
      • November 21 » National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair.
    

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