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Ancestors (and descendant) of Shirley Willard Dowden

Sarah Larter
1822-1903
Edwin Dowden
1844-1912

Shirley Willard Dowden
1883-1970


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    Historical events

    • The temperature on August 10, 1883 was about 17.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
      • May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
      • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
      • August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
      • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
      • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
    • The temperature on May 15, 1970 was between 8.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
      • March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
      • March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
      • July 8 » Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
      • August 17 » Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
      • August 29 » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
      • September 19 » Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
    

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    • 1964 » Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
    • 1965 » Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
    • 1967 » Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
    • 1967 » Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)
    • 1969 » Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
    • 1971 » Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)

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