RanHam Tree » Jody Ray Edwards (1926-2001)
Personal data Jody Ray Edwards
Source 1- He was born on March 1, 1926 in Evansville, Washington, Arkansas, USA.
- He died on August 23, 2001 in Fresno, Fresno, California, USA, he was 75 years old.
- A child of Joseph Edwards and Elony Johnson
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Birthday March 1, 1926
- The temperature on March 1, 1926 was between 3.9 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
- March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
- March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
- May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
- June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
- August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
- October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
Day of death August 23, 2001
- The temperature on August 23, 2001 was between 17.7 °C and 29.5 °C and averaged 22.6 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
- February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
- April 1 » Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
- April 7 » Mars Odyssey is launched.
- October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
- October 15 » NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
- November 12 » In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
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- 1927 » George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor at UCLA, science popularizer, and skeptic († 1983)
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- 1999 » Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 2000 » John Anthony Kaiser, American priest and missionary (b. 1932)
- 2001 » Kathleen Freeman, American actress (b. 1919)
- 2001 » Peter Maas, American journalist and author (b. 1929)
- 2002 » Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)
- 2003 » Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
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The RanHam Tree publication was prepared by Randy James Hammock.
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Randy James Hammock, "RanHam Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ranham-tree/P2159.php : accessed February 11, 2026), "Jody Ray Edwards (1926-2001)".
Randy James Hammock, "RanHam Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ranham-tree/P2159.php : accessed February 11, 2026), "Jody Ray Edwards (1926-2001)".