Olson's Tree » Katherine “Kay” Winthrop (1914-1997)
Personal data Katherine “Kay” Winthrop
Source 1- Alternative name: Katharine Winthrop
- She was born on July 17, 1914 in Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
- Alternative: She was born on July 7, 1914.
- She died on February 12, 1997 in South Hamilton, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, she was 82 years old.
- Alternative: She died on February 12, 1997, she was 82 years old.
- A child of Frederic Bayard Winthrop and Sarah Barroll Thayer
Household of Katherine “Kay” Winthrop
She is married to Quincy Adams Shaw McKean.
They got married on November 21, 1947 at New York City, New York, USA, she was 33 years old.
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Birthday July 7, 1914
- The temperature on July 7, 1914 was between 8.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
- April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
- May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
- August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
- September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
- October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
- November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
Day of marriage November 21, 1947
- The temperature on November 21, 1947 was between 12.4 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
- February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
- March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
- April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
- October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
- October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
Day of death February 12, 1997
- The temperature on February 12, 1997 was between 5.8 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 17.0 mm of rain during 11.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
- May 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
- June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
- June 30 » The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
- July 10 » Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
- September 14 » Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P10719.php : accessed January 17, 2026), "Katherine “Kay” Winthrop (1914-1997)".