Kennedy Family Tree » Alfred Whitworth (1888-1962)

Day of marriage November 4, 1911

• The temperature on November 4, 1911 was between 7.3 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
  • July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
  • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
  • December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

Day of death June 17, 1962

• The temperature on June 17, 1962 was between 9.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
  • March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
  • May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
  • August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
  • October 20 » China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
  • December 7 » Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.

Day of burial June 20, 1962

• The temperature on June 20, 1962 was between 10.5 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
  • February 20 » Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
  • June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
  • July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
  • July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
  • October 16 » Cuban missile crisis begins: Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1957 » J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1963 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)