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Ancestors (and descendant) of Orville Cravens

William Rufus" Bill" Blevins
1848-1900
Manerva "Jane" Rush
1850-1913

Orville Cravens
1907-1972


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    1. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday February 27, 1907

    • The temperature on February 27, 1907 was between 3.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
      • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
      • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
      • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
      • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
      • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
      • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

    Day of death June 24, 1972

    • The temperature on June 24, 1972 was between 11.3 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
      • January 14 » Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
      • February 17 » Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model T.
      • June 30 » The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
      • July 21 » The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.
      • August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
      • November 7 » US President Richard Nixon is re-elected President.
    

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    • 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
    • 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)
    • 1978 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic (b. 1909)

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