Sickler Family Tree » Ralph Benjamin Jr (1917-1973)
Personal data Ralph Benjamin Jr
Source 1- Alternative name: Ralph Benjamin Jr
- He was born on August 28, 1917 in Binghamton, Broome, New York, USA.
- He died on November 28, 1973 in Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 56 years old.
- A child of Ralph Benjamin and Matilda "Tillie" Vanderpool
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Historical events
Birthday August 28, 1917
- The temperature on August 28, 1917 was between 13.3 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
- March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
- November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Day of death November 28, 1973
- The temperature on November 28, 1973 was between -3.7 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
- January 23 » United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
- March 25 » Ireland gets a new newspaper called Sunday World.
- May 3 » The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
- August 23 » A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
- November 1 » Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
- December 28 » The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by Pres. Richard Nixon.
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- 1916 » Jack Vance, American author († 2013)
- 1917 » Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator († 1994)
- 1918 » L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher († 1995)
- 1971 » Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920)
- 1972 » Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875)
- 1973 » Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (b. 1886)
- 1975 » Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (b.1890)
- 1976 » Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
- 1977 » Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (b. 1896)
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