Kolks Family Tree » John Elmer (John Elmer ) Gray (1887-1962)
Personal data John Elmer (John Elmer ) Gray
Source 1- Alternative name: John E Gray
- First name John Elmer .
- He was born on December 31, 1887 in Victor, Wasco, Oregon, United States.
- Alternative: He was born December 1887 in Oregon, Verenigde Staten.
- He died on May 31, 1962 in Lagrande, Union, Oregon, United States, he was 74 years old.
- Alternative: He died on May 31, 1962 in Lagrande, Union, Oregon, Verenigde Staten, he was 74 years old.
- A child of James Jackson Gray and Susan Permelia Hurst
Household of John Elmer (John Elmer ) Gray
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Historical events
Birthday December 31, 1887
- The temperature on December 31, 1887 was about -1.9 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
- In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 20 » The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
- February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
- April 4 » Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
- June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
- June 23 » The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
- November 11 » August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair.
Day of death May 31, 1962
- The temperature on May 31, 1962 was between 3.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
- June 7 » The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.
- July 2 » The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
- August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
- October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
- December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
- December 13 » NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
Same birth/death day
- 1880 » Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach († 1957)
- 1880 » George Marshall, American general and politician, 50th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
- 1881 » Max Pechstein, German painter and academic († 1955)
- 1884 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player († 1964)
- 1884 » Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director († 1960)
- 1885 » Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein († 1970)
- 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
- 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
- 1960 » Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)
- 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
- 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
- 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
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