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Personal data James Franklin Bridges 

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  • He was born on October 11, 1907 in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States of America.Source 1
  • He died on January 4, 1975 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America, he was 67 years old.Source 1
  • He is buried in Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America.Source 1

Household of James Franklin Bridges

He had a relationship with Blanch Keel.


Child(ren):

  2. Mary Belle Bridges  1933-1963

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Franklin Bridges

James Franklin Bridges
1907-1975


Blanch Keel
± 1909-1992

Bessie Beatrice Jacobsen
1931-2014
Mary Belle Bridges
1933-1963

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Historical events

Birthday October 11, 1907

  • The temperature on October 11, 1907 was between 8.7 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
    • April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
    • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
    • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
    • June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
    • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

Day of death January 4, 1975

  • The temperature on January 4, 1975 was between 2.9 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
    • April 2 » Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
    • April 19 » India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
    • July 15 » Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
    • September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
    • November 12 » The Comoros joins the United Nations.
    • November 28 » East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1901 » Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician († 1961)
  • 1902 » Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician († 1979)
  • 1905 » Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur († 1999)
  • 1910 » Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic († 1997)
  • 1911 » Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver († 2003)
  • 1913 » Joe Simon, American author and illustrator († 2011)

Source: Wikipedia


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