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Personal data Mathilde Scott Townsend 

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Household of Mathilde Scott Townsend

(1) She is married to Peter Goelet Gerry, Sen..

They got married on May 26, 1910 at Washington, District of Columbia, she was 26 years old.


(2) She is married to Benjamin Sumner Welles.

They got married on June 27, 1925 at NY, she was 41 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday February 12, 1884

  • The temperature on February 12, 1884 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
    • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
    • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
    • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Day of death August 8, 1949

  • The temperature on August 8, 1949 was between 11.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
    • April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
    • May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
    • July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
    • November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
    • November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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