Kennedy Family Tree » Leo Frederick Williams (1916-1968)
Personal data Leo Frederick Williams
Source 1- He was born on August 27, 1916 in Waite, Washington, Maine, USA.
- He died on July 2, 1968, he was 51 years old.
- A child of Frank Williams and Jennie Rose Moore
Household of Leo Frederick Williams
Timeline Leo Frederick Williams
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Historical events
Birthday August 27, 1916
- The temperature on August 27, 1916 was between 14.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
- June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
- June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
- July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
- November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
- December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
Day of death July 2, 1968
- The temperature on July 2, 1968 was between 19.3 °C and 30.6 °C and averaged 24.4 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
- April 6 » Pierre Elliott Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.
- April 20 » English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
- August 13 » Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
- September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
- September 30 » The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
- November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
Same birth/death day
- 1915 » Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
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- 1916 » Martha Raye, American actress and comedian († 1994)
- 1916 » Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1993)
- 1917 » Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1986)
- 1918 » Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2001)
- 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
- 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
- 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
- 1970 » Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (b. 1889)
- 1972 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
- 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
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The Kennedy Family Tree publication was prepared by Brian Kennedy.
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Brian Kennedy, "Kennedy Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kennedy-family-tree/P20212.php : accessed May 14, 2025), "Leo Frederick Williams (1916-1968)".
Brian Kennedy, "Kennedy Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/kennedy-family-tree/P20212.php : accessed May 14, 2025), "Leo Frederick Williams (1916-1968)".