He died on April 11, 1951 in Charlottetown Queens Co., Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada, he was 18 years old.
Richard died as a result of a tragic shooting accident. It is said that after a day of hunting, he returned home, where he dropped his gun on the floor with the barrel facing upwards. The gun accidentally discharged and he was killed.
The temperature on April 11, 1951 was between 0.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
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.
January 13 » First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.
February 9 » Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea
March 7 » Korean War: Operation Ripper: United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
March 29 » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
November 2 » Six thousand British troops arrive in Suez after the Egyptian government abrogates the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936.
December 17 » The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.
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