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She had a relationship with Samuel J Gallagher.

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    Historical events

    Birthday August 28, 1899

    • The temperature on August 28, 1899 was about 18.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
      • January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
      • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
      • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
      • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
      • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

    Day of death August 2, 1956

    • The temperature on August 2, 1956 was between 11.9 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
      • January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
      • June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
      • June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
      • July 9 » The 7.7 Mw  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.
      • October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
      • December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
    

    Same birth/death day

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    • 1896 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic († 1982)
    • 1898 » Charlie Grimm, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1983)
    • 1899 » Andrei Platonov, Russian author and poet († 1951)
    • 1899 » Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer († 1978)
    • 1899 » James Wong Howe, Chinese American cinematographer († 1976)
    • 1903 » Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author († 1990)

    Source: Wikipedia


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