1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0231; FHL microfilm: 2341864 / Ancestry.com
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924, Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 005701-008550 / Ancestry.com
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Ancestry.com, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 446 / Ancestry.com
1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 40, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1410; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 1014; FHL microfilm: 1375423 / Ancestry.com
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1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 40, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1641; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 1492 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on March 7, 1910 was between 0.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
Day of death January 25, 1963
The temperature on January 25, 1963 was between -8.5 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 8 » The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.
May 22 » Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt, and dies five days later.
June 24 » The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
October 31 » A propane tank explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now the Indiana Farmers Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show.
November 22 » William Clay Ford Sr. buys the Detroit Lions for $4.5 million.
December 10 » Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
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