1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Downey, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T623_31077_4118425; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0104; FHL microfilm: 1240091.
Birth date: Mar 1887 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Downey, Los Angeles, California
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1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Norwalk, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_85; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0290; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374098.
Birth date: 1887 Birth place: Ohio Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Norwalk, Los Angeles, California
The temperature on March 14, 1885 was about 4.8 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
March 3 » The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
Day of death August 18, 1961
The temperature on August 18, 1961 was between 11.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
April 9 » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
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