Moore Family Tree » Thomas Priest (1885-1965)

Day of marriage January 29, 1907

• The temperature on January 29, 1907 was between 0.4 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
  • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
  • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
  • September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.

Day of death October 27, 1965

• The temperature on October 27, 1965 was between 5.8 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • April 6 » Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
  • April 28 » United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.
  • June 3 » The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
  • September 6 » India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
  • December 4 » The Grateful Dead's first concert performance under this new name.
  • December 9 » Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » James McGirr, Australian politician, 28th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Enrico Mattei, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1906)
• 1962 » Rudolf Anderson, American soldier and pilot (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Lise Meitner, Austrian-English physicist and academic (b. 1878)
• 1974 » C. P. Ramanujam, Indian mathematician and academic (b. 1938)
• 1975 » Rex Stout, American detective novelist (b. 1886)