Downs Tree » Luther Thornton (1903-1978)

Personal data Luther Thornton 

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Household of Luther Thornton

He has/had a relationship with Catherine Thornton.


Child(ren):

  1. Leila Wilson  1929-1998
  2. Margaret Rose Lane  1941-2008

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    1. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    2. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday February 28, 1903

    • The temperature on February 28, 1903 was between 2.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
      • February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
      • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
      • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
      • June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
      • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
      • November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

    Day of death October 10, 1978

    • The temperature on October 10, 1978 was between 11.6 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
      • January 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
      • February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
      • March 16 » Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
      • May 8 » The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
      • September 19 » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
      • October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
    

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