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Josephine (Merritt) Rice

Richard Van Patten

Richard Van Patten

Rosemary Rice

Rosemary Rice

Rosemary Rice

Lillian Elizabeth (Rice) Gates

Christina Lynn (Zernechel) Rice

Anna ( Gould) Rice

William Rice daughter Lena bell rice 1916 born

William Rice grandson Phillip l mealler son of Lena rice

William Rice great grand daughter lesha mealler and great great grand daughter Jordan nicole Jenkins and great great grandson Dalton k Hepp! Great great great great grandbaby Brodie Holloway , son of Jordan Nicole!

William Rice son Robert bill rice! Lesha Mealler’s great uncle

William Rice son Edward rice and Ed’s wife Ruth

William Rice

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In 1903, in the year that John R Rice was born, the first World Series of American baseball was played between October 1st and 13th. The Boston Americans of the American League played the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. Boston came back from a three game to one deficit, winning the final four games to capture the title - such a large comeback wouldn't be repeated by a team until 1925. (A total of eight games were played.)

In 1936, at the age of 33 years old, John was alive when on November 2nd, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) debuted the world's first regular high-definition television service. The channel had a short schedule - Monday through Saturday, 3:00p to 4:00p and 9:00p to 10:00p. The first broadcast was "Opening of the BBC Television Service".

In 1947, by the time he was 44 years old, in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.

In 1951, at the age of 48 years old, John was alive when on June 25th, CBS began broadcasting in color. There were well over 10 million televisions by that time. The first show in color was a musical variety special titled "Premiere". Hardly anyone had a color TV that could see the show.

In 1994, in the year of John R Rice's passing, on May 6th, the Channel Tunnel or "Chunnel" was officially opened. The Chunnel is a railway tunnel beneath the English Channel that connects Great Britain to mainland France. Original plans for such a tunnel were developed in 1802 and approved by Napoleon Bonaparte but the British rejected the plan fearing that Napoleon would use the railway to invade.