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Ancestors (and descendant) of George E Edwards

Edward Dewitt Edwards
1804-1861
Lavicy Edwards
1814-1878
Lydia W Ferguson
1821-1889

George E Edwards
1885-1963


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    Historical events

    Birthday February 3, 1885

    • The temperature on February 3, 1885 was about 5.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
      • March 19 » Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
      • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
      • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
      • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
      • August 29 » Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

    Day of death January 2, 1963

    • The temperature on January 2, 1963 was between -10.0 °C and -7.7 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
      • February 19 » The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
      • April 10 » One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USSThresher sinks at sea.
      • June 10 » The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
      • August 8 » The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union.
      • October 18 » Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat becomes the first cat launched into space.
      • November 25 » President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is buried on the same day in Fort Worth, Texas.
    

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