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He is married to Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.

They got married on November 11, 1952 at Malibu, California, he was 47 years old.

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  1. gen_Presidents.ged
  2. "http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=delamontagne," supplied by Stewart, 10 jan 2016., Gedcom : rootsweb, Descendants of Jean Mousnier de la MONTAGNE (1595-1670), compiled by Lois Stewart Society of Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE\,]
  3. Obituary, The New York Times, Published: March 6, 1984
    DR. JAMES A. HALSTED, 78, A NUTRITION RESEARCHER
    By DOUGLAS C. McGILL
    Dr. James A. Halsted, a physician who conducted important nutritional research, died of leukemia Friday at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He was 78 years old and lived in Brookline, Mass.

    Dr. Halsted was married to Franklin D. Roosevelt's only daughter, Anna, from 1952 until her death in 1975. Dr. Halsted maintained a professional interest in the health of Presidents, particularly his father-in-law's, and wrote several articles on the subject.

    In 1962, he wrote in Today's Health, a publication of the American Medical Association, that Roosevelt, contrary to a widespread rumor at the time, had not suffered a series of ''little strokes'' before his death from a severe cerebral hemorrhage in 1945. In a letter to The New York Times in 1974, he argued that a physical examination may be an unreliable way to determine whether a candidate is sufficiently healthy to withstand the Presidency. Veterans Administration Posts

    From 1958 to 1960, he was a Fulbright Professor of Medicine at the Nemazee Hospital in Shiraz, Iran, where he and an associate, Dr. Ananda Prasad, studied dwarfism among peasants. This research led them to relate zinc deficiency to retarded growth. He also did a study on vitamin B-12 absorption and intestinal protein loss.

    Dr. Halsted was born in 1905 in Syracuse and graduated from Harvard University in 1926 and Harvard Medical School in 1930. He served in World War II in North Africa and Italy. He did research on psychosomatic illness among soldiers in combat, for which he won the Legion of Merit award.

    In the 1950's he held various positions at Veterans Administration hospitals in Los Angeles and Syracuse.

    From 1964 to 1971 Dr. Halsted worked for the headquarters of the Veterans Administration. He retired as Associate Chief of Staff for Research in 1971. He then worked in private practice in Hillsdale, N.Y. He moved to Brookline in 1982. Hopkins's Son-in-Law

    His marriage to Anna Roosevelt Boettiger was his second and her third. From 1930 to 1951, Dr. Halsted was married to the former Isabella Hopkinson, now of Cambridge, Mass. His third wife, Diana Hopkins of Reston, Va., is the daughter of Roosevelt's aide and friend, Harry Hopkins.

    In addition to his wife, he is survived by five children, Elinor Moore of Boston, Thomas Halsted of Manchester, Mass., Dr. Charles Halsted of Davis, Calif., Isabella Halsted of Amherst, Mass., and John Boettiger of Amherst, Mass.; two sisters, Frances Jameison of Rhinebeck, N.Y., and Ruth Chace of Woodstock, Vt.; a brother, Lawrence Halsted of Detroit, and 11 grandchildren.

    A memorial service is scheduled for noon Friday at Memorial Church at Harvard University.

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Birthday April 19, 1905

  • The temperature on April 19, 1905 was between 1.9 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
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    • September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
    • November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.

Day of death March 2, 1984

  • The temperature on March 2, 1984 was between 0.2 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
    • January 10 » Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
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