Brief Life History of Richard Harry
When Richard Harry Petersen was born on 2 November 1928, in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States, his father, Harry Mathias Petersen, was 26 and his mother, Laurette Florence Haydes, was 19. He married Marieta Barkle on 5 August 1950, in Lincoln, Washington, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and Grand Coulee, Grant, Washington, United States in 1950. He died on 25 March 2007, in King, Washington, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Richard Peterson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Richard Harry Peterson, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
- Richard H Petersen, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1940
Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.
1949 · NATO is Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Lars, Niels, Jorgen, Holger, Anders, Einer, Aksel, Bent, Gunner, Knud.
Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Pedersen or Pettersen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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