1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 13, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: T625_659; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 207 / Ancestry.com
U.S., Naturalization Records, 1840-1957, Ancestry.com, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Naturalization Petitions of the US District Court for the District of Maryland, 1906-1930; Microfilm Roll: 17; Microfilm Serial: M1640 / Ancestry.com
1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 0223; FHL microfilm: 2340593 / Ancestry.com
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Ancestry.com, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Maryland, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 439 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on February 23, 1915 was between -2.2 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
Day of death July 12, 1989
The temperature on July 12, 1989 was between 9.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 19 » Flying Tiger Line flight 66 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
April 21 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
May 2 » Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
June 24 » Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
November 17 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
December 20 » The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.
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