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 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
- August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
- August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
- August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
- September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
- September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
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.
- January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
- February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
- April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
- June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
- November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
- November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
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.
- April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
- June 2 » In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
- July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
- September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.
- 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 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
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