McCaughey Kelly Family Tree » James Joseph McCusker (1890-1964)

Day of marriage June 12, 1917

• The temperature on June 12, 1917 was between 14.8 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 21.6 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
  • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
  • July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
  • December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
  • December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
  • December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

Day of death September 16, 1964

• The temperature on September 16, 1964 was between 13.0 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.
  • June 1 » Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta (1897 – 22 August 1978) as its first President (1964 to 1978).
  • June 28 » Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
  • July 20 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
  • October 1 » Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
  • October 14 » Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)
• 1965 » Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
• 1965 » Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)