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Ancestors (and descendant) of Richard Whitney

Israel Whitney
1797-1871
Mary Hopkins Flagg
1804-1872

Richard Whitney
1888-1974


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    Birthday August 1, 1888

    • The temperature on August 1, 1888 was about 11.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
      • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
      • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
      • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
      • August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
      • September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.

    Day of death December 5, 1974

    • The temperature on December 5, 1974 was between 4.8 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
      • February 8 » After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
      • March 8 » Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
      • April 8 » At Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 39-year-old record.
      • August 15 » Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung-hee.
      • September 11 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
      • October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
    

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