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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    Historical events

    Birthday February 28, 1903

    • The temperature on February 28, 1903 was between 2.2 °C and 8.2 °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 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
      • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
      • July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
      • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
      • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
      • 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.
      • February 13 » Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
      • April 1 » The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
      • July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
      • September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
      • October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
      • December 27 » Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia


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