Brian John GravelGender: MaleBirth: Apr 23 1959 - Powassan, Parry Sound, OntarioChristening: Apr 26 1959 - St. Alphonsus, Callander, Parry Sound, OntarioDeath: July 26 2014 - Powassan, Parry Sound, OntarioBurial: July 29 2014 - Powassan, Parry Sound, OntarioParents: Louis Joseph Gravel, Joan Gravel (born Myram)Sister: Jacqueline Gravel
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The temperature on April 23, 1959 was between 3.9 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
Christening day April 26, 1959
The temperature on April 26, 1959 was between 8.4 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
Day of death July 26, 2014
The temperature on July 26, 2014 was between 16.7 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
May 11 » Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
July 15 » A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
September 28 » The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.
October 27 » Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.
November 21 » A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.
December 4 » Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.
Day of burial July 29, 2014
The temperature on July 29, 2014 was between 17.3 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
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