1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Beat 4, Pearl River, Mississippi; Roll: T625_890; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: 809 / Ancestry.com
1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 4, Pearl River, Mississippi; Roll: 1159; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0009; Image: 1041.0; FHL microfilm: 2340894 / Ancestry.com
1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 4, Pearl River, Mississippi; Roll: T624_753; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0110; FHL microfilm: 1374766 / Ancestry.com
1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Beat 4, Pearl River, Mississippi; Roll: 1159; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0009; Image: 1041.0; FHL microfilm: 2340894
February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
Day of death December 15, 1960
The temperature on December 15, 1960 was between -1.4 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
November 9 » Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Company, the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he resigned to join the administration of newly elected John F. Kennedy.
December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
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