Houchin family tree » Mary Alice Higginbothan (1889-1971)

Day of marriage March 25, 1910

• The temperature on March 25, 1910 was between 2.0 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
  • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
  • October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
  • November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
  • November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
  • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Day of death June 15, 1971

• The temperature on June 15, 1971 was between 7.9 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 15.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
  • April 19 » Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
  • May 26 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • September 15 » The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.
  • November 18 » Oman declares its independence from United Kingdom.
  • December 4 » The PNS Ghazi, a submarine belonging to the Pakistan Navy, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1925)
• 1971 » Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1976 » Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)