1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Election District 9, Cecil, Maryland; Roll: 873; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0020; Image: 532.0; FHL microfilm: 2340608 / Ancestry.com
1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Halfmoon, Centre, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1390; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1241391 / Ancestry.com
1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Philipsburg Ward 3, Centre, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1326; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0030; FHL microfilm: 1375339 / Ancestry.com
U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Ancestry.com, The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Maryland; State Headquarters: Maryland; Microfilm Series: M1939; Microfilm Roll: 59 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on August 16, 1879 was about 17.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
Day of death February 28, 1957
The temperature on February 28, 1957 was between -2.9 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
June 27 » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
September 4 » American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
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