Family tree Dijkstra » William Andrew Wright (1869-1937)

Personal data William Andrew Wright 


Household of William Andrew Wright

He is married to Bessie Iva Demerice.

They got married


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Historical events

Birthday May 3, 1869

  • The temperature on May 3, 1869 was about 13.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 6 » Celluloid is patented.
    • April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
    • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
    • October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
    • October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".

Day of death November 5, 1937

  • The temperature on November 5, 1937 was between 0.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
    • March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
    • April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
    • May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
    • June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
    • July 7 » The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War.


Same birth/death day

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