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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 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
      • June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
      • July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
      • August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
      • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
      • November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

    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.
      • May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
      • July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
      • October 16 » Cuban missile crisis begins: Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
      • October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
      • October 25 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
      • November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
    

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