Riches to Rags Family Tree » Donald Richard Funk (1929-2008)
Personal data Donald Richard Funk
Source 1- He was born on February 2, 1929 in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.
- He died on August 15, 2008 in Apache Junction, Pinal County, Arizona, USA, he was 79 years old.
- A child of Roy Rodrey Funk and Lula Mae Chance
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Historical events
Birthday February 2, 1929
- The temperature on February 2, 1929 was between -5.1 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 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 Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
- May 1 » The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
- June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
- August 16 » The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
- October 3 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Yugoslavia by King Alexander I.
- October 29 » The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
- December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
Day of death August 15, 2008
- The temperature on August 15, 2008 was between 8.3 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (73%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
- February 11 » Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
- May 2 » Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
- May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
- July 13 » Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
- September 12 » The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
- September 13 » Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
Same birth/death day
- 1928 » Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime minister of Italy
- 1929 » George Band, English engineer and mountaineer († 2011)
- 1929 » John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic († 2015)
- 1929 » Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer († 2013)
- 1929 » Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
- 1929 » Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor († 2015)
- 2007 » Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
- 2007 » John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)
- 2007 » Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (b. 1944)
- 2007 » Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925)
- 2008 » Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (b. 1917)
- 2008 » Vic Toweel, South African-Australian boxer (b. 1929)
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The Riches to Rags Family Tree publication was prepared by June Mcmurphy.
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June Mcmurphy, "Riches to Rags Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/riches-to-rags-family-tree/P18253.php : accessed April 30, 2025), "Donald Richard Funk (1929-2008)".