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Lynn Thomas Lowe 66
Peggy LaNae Peterson (Lowe) 62

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Peggy Lynette Lowe (Phillips) 39
Sandra LaNae Lowe (Johnson) 38
Md: Ronald Evan Johnson 47
Debra Eileen Lowe 32
Michelle Ann Lowe 30
Lori Ellen Lowe (Hatfield) 28
Md: Geoffrey Georg Hatfield 25

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Jennifer Lyn Atwood 18
Jeremy Scott Atwood 14
Michael Evan Johnson 4

General

Population: 6.47 Billion

• Religion: Death of Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzenberger of Germany elected Benedict XVI
• Science: Sea crocodile skull discovered
  Steve Fossett makes first non-stop, non-refueled solo flight around world
  Argentine boys found new terror bird species Kelenken 15mya estimated 7 feet tall and 9 feet long
  Kyoto Protocol goes into effect
• Deaths: British statesman Edward Heath, Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri, Indian producer Ismail Merchant, Pope John Paul II, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, Luther Vandross, Saudi King Fahd, Pat Morita

Africa

• Central African Republic: Elections
• Chad: War declared with Sudan after attack which left 100 dead
• Congo: Quake
• Egypt: Suicide bombing
  President Mubarak asks Parliament to allow multi-candidate elections
• Liberia: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf becomes first woman in Africa elected head of state
• Morocco: 6.5 earthquake
• South Africa: Recognition of same-sex marriages
• Sudan: Government and rebels sign peace agreement
• Zambezi: Meteorite weighing 9 lbs crashes
• Zambia: Blast at explosives factory

Americas

• General: Hurricane Ivan hits Caribbean
  End of worst Atlantic hurricane season in 55 years with Hurricane Beta and Tropical Storm Zeta
• Belize: Riots
• Brazil: Launch of first rocket
• Canada: Same-sex unions legalized
  Four Mounties gunned down in Alberta
  Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo (spouse) convicted of killing several woman in Ontario
• Chile: Earthquake
• Ecuador: President Gutierrez declares emergency in capital and dissolves the supreme court - flees after congress votes to oust him
• Haiti: Hurricane Jeanne
• Mexico: Hurricane Wilma pummels Yucatan

Asia

• China: Law prohibits Taiwan independence
  Mine blast at Xishui coal mine in Shouzhou
  Anti-Japanese demonstrations
• India: Bali bombings kill 26, Delhi bombings kill 61
• Indonesia: Typhoon Sudal hits Isle of Yap
  Quake
  Bali terrorist bombings
• Japan: 10 typhoons
  Quake west of Kyushu Island, smaller quake in Fukuoka and Kasuga
  Mizuho Securities accedentally sells 6100,000 shares for one yen instead of one share for 610,000 yen - loss estimated at 100 billion yen, or $100 million
  Sony botches copyrighted CDs
  Passenger train derails killing 104
• Maki: Yellow fever outbreak
• North Korea: Announcement of nuclear weapons
• Philippines: Two typhoons
• Singapore: Dengue fever outbreak
• South Korea: Gamer Lee Seung Seop dies after 50 hours of game playing (Starcraft) due to heart damage from dehydration
  Scientist Hwang Woo-suk announces stem-cell improvement - discredited
• Taiwan: Taipei 101 tower upens at 1676 feet
  Taiwanese walk in opposition to anti-secession law of mainland China

Europe

• General: EU hits 25 members
  European Constitution established but not passed
  Flooding in Austria, Switzerland and Germany
• Belgium: Same-sex unions legalized
• Denmark: 3500-ton freighter crashes into Great Belt Bridge
• England: Hurricane
  Prince Charles marries Camilla Parker-Bowles
  Bombing of subway transportation during G8 conference
  HIV "cured" in one
  Heat wave stops Big Ben
  Tornado kills 23 in Birmingham
• France: Religious items banned in schools
  Riots in Paris suburbs in Arab and African districts when two boys are accidentally killed while hiding from police
  Paris hotel fire
  Rejection of European constitution
  Human face transplant
• Germany: Angela Merkel becomes first female Chancellor
• Georgia: Grenade at visiting President Bush
• Great Britain: Tony Blair wins third Labour Party Prime Minister position
  7/7 bombings kkill 52 and injure over 700
  Andrew Stimpson reported to have been cured from HIV
• Greece: Summer Olympics in Athens
• Ireland: IRA lays down arms
• Italy: Prime Minister Berlusconi re-forms government after three-day dissolution
• Kosovo: organized violence kills 19
• Kyrgyzstan: violent protests follow elections and President Akayev flees and resigns "Tulip Revolution"
• Netherlands: Debate of integration vs. independence
  Same-sex unions legalized
• Romania: nun dies in exorcism as she was crucified
• Russia: Chechnyan rebels crash two planes
  Siege at school in Beslan - 335 killed including 40 hostage takers and 700 injured
• Scandanavia: Hurricane
• Spain: Terrorist attacks kill 190 - Spain withdraws from Iraq war
  Car bombing in Madrid
  Windsor Building on fire
  Same-sex unions legalized
• Switzerland: Same-sex marriage accepted
• Ukraine: Viktor Yushchenko becomes third president
• Uzbekistan: Troops kill up to 700 during protests

Middle East

• Afghanistan: War continues
• Bangladesh: Passenger ferry capsizes with 200 missing
• Iran: Earthquake in Bam kills over 40,000 - earlier quake kills 500 in Kerman province earlier
  Mosque fire kills 59
  Teheran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejan wins Iran elections
  Mosque fire
  Kerman quake kills in Kerman province
  Ethnic clashes in Khuzestan
• Iraq: War continues
  Elections held
  New constutution
  Suicide bombers kill 30 Shiites
  Al-Aaimmah bridge crowd crush kills hundreds
• Israel: 8000 settlers evacuated from Gaza Strip
  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon quits as head of Likud Party and starts centrist Kadima Party
  Terrorists attack mall
• Jordan: 50 killed in suicide bombings
• Kuwait: Women granted right to vote
• Lebanon: Former prime minister Rafik Hariri assassinated
• Pakistan: 7.6 Kashmir quake has death toll of 86,000 - 11th deadliest
  Three buildings collapse after gas explosion
  Shakidor Dam fails
• Palestine: Mahmoud Abbas wins Palestinian presidency after Yasser Arafat
• Saudi Arabia: Hajj stampede in Mina
  Gunfight in Mecca
  First elections (male only)
• Syria: Military withdraws from Lebanon
• Turkmenistan: Head of national weather service fired for inaccuracy

Pacific

• Australia: Flooding
  Cronulla riots involve up to 5000 youth
  John Wayne Glover the Australian "Granny Killer" hangs self in prison – killed six
• New Zealand: Controversial Foreshore and Seabed legislation
  Maori citizens stage march ("hikoi") in Christchurch
• Sumatra: Magnitude 8.7 quake

President:

Pres: George W. Bush reelected over John Kerry

General

• Culture: Statue of Liberty reopens after 2001 closure
• Economy: CAFTA removes trade barriers between US and Central America
• Entertainment: Brokeback Mountain released
  Newsman Dan Rather resigns over not checking facts
• Medicine: Terri Schiavo case brings euthanasia to forefront
  Decrease in heart disease deaths
• Military: Abu Ghraib prison scandal
• Politics: Lewis "Scooter" Libby charged with perjury over White House leak
  Spying connected to terrorism revealed
• Huygens probe arrives at Saturn and Titan
  Start of importation of honeybees - may have lead to colony collapse later
  NASA craft hits comet
  CA Astronomers find rocky dwarf planet larger than Pluto
  Federal Judge bans mention of Intelligent Design
• Deep Impact comet probe launched
• Supreme Court: Sandra Day O'Connor retires
  Chief Justice Rehnquist dies and John Roberts appointed
  Alito appointed after Harriet Myers withdraws nomination
  Death penalty ruled unconstitutional for juveniles
• Deaths: Authors Saul Bellow, Arthur Miller, Hunter Thompson, August Wilson, Actors Anne Bancroft, Johnny Carson, Politicians Ronald Reagan, Shirley Chisholm, Richard Pryor, Physicist Hans Bethe, Newsman Peter Jennings, Activist Rosa Parks, Judge William Rehnquist, Soldier WIlliam Westmoreland

East

• Massachusetts: Gay marriages allowed

Midwest

• Minnesota: School shooting
  Record snowstorm
• Missouri: Tornado in Ellsinore exactly two years after nearly indentical one
  St. Louis Praxair's propylene gass facility explosion

South

• General: White Christmas in TX and New Orleans
  Hurricane Katrina pummels Gulf coast followed by Hurricane Rita
• Florida: Multiple hurricanes including category 4 Harley
  Palm Bay tornado unearths marijuana farm
• Louisiana: between 1300 and 3100 die in Hurricane Katrina and flooding of New Orleans
• Texas: Explosion at BP oil refinery kills 15
  Senator Tom Delay accused of conspiring to break election laws
• Virginia: Tropical Storm Gaston dumps 10.5 incles of rain on Richmond

West and Pacific

• California: San Francisco allows gay marriage
  4 quakes
  Accidental reporting of tornado in Los Angeles
  Congressman Cunningham resigns for bribery
  Mudslides
  Lightning kills boy scouts
• New Mexico: Hail flows into dry wash to depth of 15 feet
• Utah: St. George flooding
• Washington: Mt. Saint Helens activates
  Kenneth Pinyan dies of peritonitis after tryst with stallion - bestiality criminalized

President

Pres: Gordon B. Hinckley

Membership: 12,560,869

Temples: 122

120. San Antonio Texas Temple
121. Aba Nigeria Temple
122. Newport Beach California Temple

Other

• Reagan's death acknowledged by Church leaders
• 200th Anniversary of Joseph Smith's death commemorated
• First meetinghouses on Kiritimati Atoll Kiribati, Blantyre Malawi
• Church History Library started
• President Hinckley becomes first President to visit India
• Seventh and Eighth Quorums of the 70 created