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Lynn Thomas Lowe 67
Peggy LaNae Peterson (Lowe) 63

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Peggy Lynette Lowe (Phillips) 40
Sandra LaNae Lowe (Johnson) 39
Md: Ronald Evan Johnson 48
Debra Eileen Lowe 33
Michelle Ann Lowe 31
Lori Ellen Lowe (Hatfield) 29
Md: Geoffrey Georg Hatfield 26

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Jennifer Lyn Atwood 19
Jeremy Scott Atwood 15
Michael Evan Johnson 5
Alena Ann Hatfield born

General

Population: 6.55 Billion

• Science: Limbed fish fossil found
  Circumcision found to lower AIDS risk in men
  Gardasil vaccine approved for cervical cancer
  Pluto probe sent
  Evidence of water on Saturn's moon Enceladus
  Pluto loses planetary status
  NASA announces plans for moon base
  Works of Darwin go online
  addendum completes Human Genome Project (see 2003)
  
• Religion: Papal comments anger Muslims
• Deaths: U.S. animator Barbera, Entertainer James Brown, Gerald Ford, U.S. Feminist Betty Friedan, U.S. economist Milton Friedman, Saddam Hussein, Australian nature entertainer Steve Irwin, Yugoslavian dictator Slobodan Milosevic, US politician Ann Richards, U.S. political figure Caspar Weinberger, U.S. designer Oleg Cassini, US actress Maureen Stapleton

Africa

• General: Last sighting of Northern white rhino in the wild, 8 left worldwide
• Angola: Cholera outbreak
• Congo: Multi-party elections held
  Plague
• Ituri: Plague
• Libya: ties with U.S. re-established
• Mozambique: Quake
• Somalia: Islamists take control of Mogadishu and fighting in Baidoa
• South Africa: Same sex marriage legalized
• Sudan: Peace agreement reached

Americas

• Bolivia: Nationalization of gas industry
• Brazil: Run-off election results in presidential reelection
• Canada: Conservative Prime Minister Harper elected
  17 arrested on terrorism charges
  Quake in Scotia Sea
• Cuba: Castro resigns
• Haiti: New president elected
• Mexico: Election declared inconclusive and Calderón wins
  Quakes
• Nicaragua: Marxist Daniel Ortega returns to power
• Venezuela: U.S. limits sales
  Chavez wins election in landslide

Asia

• China: President visits U.S.
  Restrictions on Wikipedia eased
• East Timor: Nobel Peace laureate becomes president
• India: Nuclear pact with U.S.
  Test of long-range missile
  Train bombings in Mumbai two days after missles tested
  "Sweet" seawater hysteria
  Outbreaks of Chikungunya (mosquito - dengue-like). malaria, and Dengue fever
• Indonesia: Quake kills 5700 and tsunami kills hundreds
• Japan: New Prime Minister
  Quake
  Erika Tomanu sucked into intake pipe at water park and dies
• Nepal: Strike against ban of political rallies results in clash and reinstatement of parliament
• North Korea: Firing of test missles over Sea of Japan
• Philippines: 1000 die in mudslide
  hundreds die in typhoon
  Dengue Fever
• South Korea: Ban Ki-moon appointed UN Secretary General
• Taiwan: President accused of corruption
  Quake
• Thailand: Bloodless coup

Europe

• General: Heat wave kills 3400
• Belarus: Election considered fraudulent
• Denmark: Cartoons of Mohammed result in global protest and fighting
• France: Labor disputes result in major strike - Jacques Chirac repeals
• Germany: Holocaust archives released
• Great Britain: Terrorism plot foiled
• Greece: Quake
• Hungary: Protestors riot over Prime Minister caught in lie
• Ireland: IRA reported to stop all terror activities
• Italy: XX Winter Olympics in Torino
• Montenegro: Created in split with Serbia
• Portugal: "Soap Opera Hysteria" as 300 students report symptoms seen on television
• Russia: Cuts off oil to Ukraine but restores after political pressure
  Chechen terrorist killed for 2004 act
  Quake
  Dissident Alexander Litvinenko poisoned with polonium-210
• Serbia: Montenegrins vote to separate changing name of country from Serbia-Montenegro
• Spain: Cease-fire declared by Basque separatists
• Sweden: Governing body ousted
• Yugoslavia: Slobodan Milosevic dies in prison

Middle East

• Afghanistan: Accident sets off riots against U.S.
  UN takes control of south
  Continued war
• Egypt: Ferry accident kills 200
  Bomb attacks
• Iran: Increased nuclear program and enriched uranium
  List of greviances published agains President BUsh
• Iraq: Civil war escalates
  Mass graves found
  Elections held
  Shiite shrine bombed
  Former president Hussein charged with genocide and is executed
  al Qaeda's Zarqawi killed
  Sectarian violence between Shiites and Kurds
• Israel: Prime Minister Sharon suffers stroke and Ehud Olmert governs
  Clash with Palestinians
• Lebanon: Lebanese Hezbollah fire into Israel resulting in major attack
  Cabinet minister assassinated
  Peaceful protests increase
• Pakistan: U.S. Airstrike against Al Qaeda leader
  Dengue Fever outbreak
• Palestine: Hamas wins elections
  Aid for Palestinians approved
  Cease-fire with Israel ends
  Palestinians kidnap Israeli soldier
  Cease fire in Gaza
• Saudi Arabia: 365 die in Mecca pilgrimage stampede
• Syria: U.S. embassy attacked
• UAE: Protests in U.S. erupt when Dubai company seeks to purchase control of U.S. ports

Pacific

• Kermadec Islands: Quake
• Tonga: Quake

President:

Pres: George W. Bush

General

• Economy: Incentives to oil companies end
  Minimum wage increases start
  Dow reaches 12,000
  GM buys out union employees
  Google buys YouTube
  Enron executives sentenced
• Immigration: Bill approved
  Immigrants march in dozens of US cities
• Medicine: FDA rejects medical marijuana
  Sodas limited in schools
  Cervical cancer vaccine approved
  Stem cell bill vetoed
  Morning-after pill approved
  CDC recommends widespread HIV testing
• Military: UN calls for closure of Guantanamo Bay prison
  CIA fires official in information leak
  Moussaoui sentenced for terrorism attempts
• Politics: Republican fraud scandals
  Patriot Act renewed
  Lobbying restrictions approved
  Ban on same-sex marriage overthrown
  Voting rights act extended
  Restrictions on transporting minors for abortions
  Democrats take control of congress
  Vice President Dick Cheney shoots friend in hunting accident (72 year old lawyer recovers)
  Major cabinet resignations
  Senator Foley resigns after improper emails discovered
  Senator Harry Reid (DLS) becomes Senate majority leader
  Lobbyist Abramoff sentenced for fraud
  Blame placed for Hurricane Katrina
  Bush and Blair express regret for Iraq mistakes
  Ambassador to UN Bolton resigns
• Relition: Woman named head of Episcopal Church
• Science: Bee die-off increases
  NASA Stardust collects comet particles
  $415 million study finds low-fat diet does not decrease risk of heart disease, cancer, and stroke
• Sports: Baseball steroids investigated
• Supreme Court: Samuel Alito confirmed

East

• General: Floods May and June
• Massachusetts: Gay marriages limited to state citizens
  Universal health care goes into effect
  Tunnel tiles fall and kill a woman
• New York: Court rejects gay marriage
  Small plane crashes into highrise
  New York Metropolitain Opera goes online
• Pennsylvania: Gunman kills three at Amish school

Midwest

• South Dakota: Legislation bans non-essential abortions

South

• General: Deadly November storm
• Florida: Quake near Florida in Gulf
• Kentucky: Plane Crash
• Louisiana: Plans for rebuilding New Orleans revealed
• West Virginia: 13 coal miners trapped and 12 die

West and Pacific

• Alaska: Prudhoe Bay oil field shut down
• California: Woman postal worker goes on shooting rampage
  Emission controls pass legislature
  Five firefighters die on duty
  Quake and small tsunami
• Hawaii: Earthquake of 6.6

President

Pres: Gordon B. Hinckley

Membership: 12,868,606

Temples: 124

123. Sacramento California
124. Helsinki Finland

Other

• Price dentist Clyde Larson gives President Bush elaborate saddle and Book of Mormon
• Democrat Harry Reid becomes Senate Majority Leader and strongly opposes President
• Choir celebrates 4,000th broadcast - acknowledged by President Bush
• Bush stays in Utah
• Millionth missionary
• Brigham Young and Joseph Smith listed among "Most influential figures in American history"
• Tabernacle Choir given Mother Teresa Award
• President Hinckley becomes oldest President
• Church recognition in Slovakia
• Meetinghouses started in Ljubljana Slovenia, Miri Sarawak Malaysia