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Personal data George Francis Knight 

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He has/had a relationship with Helen N Powers.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Francis Knight

Fannie Brooks
1871-1940

George Francis Knight
1899-1970


Helen N Powers
1898-????

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Sources

  1. National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.Original data: National Cemete
    Birth date: 12/08/1899 Birth place: Death date: 07/23/1970 Death place: NY
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  2. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=3790074&pid=1492
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Historical events

Birthday December 8, 1899

  • The temperature on December 8, 1899 was about -4.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
    • January 23 » The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic. Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as its first President.
    • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
    • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
    • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
    • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

Day of death July 23, 1970

  • The temperature on July 23, 1970 was between 6.6 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
    • March 6 » An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
    • April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
    • May 4 » Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
    • September 5 » Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
    • September 28 » Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.
    • November 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1899 » Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright († 1970)
  • 1899 » John Qualen, Canadian-American actor († 1987)
  • 1900 » Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic († 1982)
  • 1900 » Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician († 1990)
  • 1902 » Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter († 1982)
  • 1903 » Zelma Watson George, Black American opera singer († 1994)

Source: Wikipedia


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