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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alsey Courtney Thornton

William Carson Thornton
± 1826-1910
Caroline Elizabeth Thornton
1824-1880
Uriah Kent Rushing
1837-1905
Louvinia Vinnie Beard
1836-1905

Alsey Courtney Thornton
1893-1962


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    Historical events

    Birthday January 11, 1893

    • The temperature on January 11, 1893 was about -4.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
      • July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
      • August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
      • September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
      • September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
      • December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

    Day of death August 16, 1962

    • The temperature on August 16, 1962 was between 12.5 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
      • July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
      • July 6 » As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
      • July 8 » Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
      • July 23 » Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
      • August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
      • October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
    

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