Genealogy Wylie » Christopher Columbus Spears [Wk 3] "Columbus" (1898-1970)
Personal data Christopher Columbus Spears [Wk 3] "Columbus"
- He was born on August 20, 1898 in Pointer Creek, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
- He died on April 30, 1970, he was 71 years old.
- A child of James William Spears and Isabella Spaw
- This information was last updated on November 18, 2013.
Household of Christopher Columbus Spears [Wk 3] "Columbus"
(1) He is married to Ona Mabel Carrender.
They got married on August 28, 1919 at Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, he was 21 years old.
Child(ren):
- James William Spears 1919-2001
- Harold Wilbur Spears 1921-1992
- (Not public)
(2) He is married to Bertha Rainwater.
They got married about 1936.
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Historical events
Birthday August 20, 1898
- The temperature on August 20, 1898 was about 27.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
- July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
- August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
- October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
- November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
- December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
Day of marriage August 28, 1919
- The temperature on August 28, 1919 was between 6.5 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
- January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
- January 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
- February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
- May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
- September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
- December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
Day of death April 30, 1970
- The temperature on April 30, 1970 was between 2.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
- April 12 » Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
- April 22 » The first Earth Day is celebrated.
- July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
- November 5 » The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
- November 21 » Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
Same birth/death day
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- 1901 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
- 1905 » Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher († 1973)
- 1905 » Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter († 1969)
- 1970 » Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
- 1970 » Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)
- 1972 » Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
- 1973 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)
- 1974 » Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1980 » Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1898)
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