1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois; Roll: 566; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 2340301 / Ancestry.com
1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Sterling Ward 2, Whiteside, Illinois; Roll: M593_290; Page: 306B; Family History Library Film: 545789 / Ancestry.com
1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Sterling Ward 3, Whiteside, Illinois; Roll: T624_331; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0143; FHL microfilm: 1374344 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on May 10, 1863 was about 18.5 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 8 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
June 14 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
Day of death October 27, 1935
The temperature on October 27, 1935 was between 7.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 18.4 mm of rain during 16.4 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
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