Sylvia Fedoruk

Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (born 1927)

In context

Sylvia Olga Fedoruk was a Canadian physicist, medical physicist, curler and the 17th lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, from 1988 to 1994.

Sylvia Fedoruk appears on our September 26 calendar for 2012 as a death entry.

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

September 9ISROThe Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.
September 99 September 2012 Iraq attacksA wave of attacks kills more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
September 11Central Intelligence AgencyThe American consulate and CIA annex in Libya were attacked by a heavily armed group, resulting in the deaths of U.S. ambassador J. Chris…
September 112012 Pakistan factory firesA total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
September 11BenghaziThe U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
September 12Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2012)Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing 10 and injuring four.
September 52012 Afyonkarahisar arsenal explosionAn accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
November 17Manfalut train–bus collisionAt least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.

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September 26 2012 — 14 years ago, on a Wednesday.

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