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Household of William Goodsell Rockefeller

He is married to Sarah Elizabeth Stillman.

They got married on November 21, 1895, he was 25 years old.


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    Birthday May 21, 1870

    • The temperature on May 21, 1870 was about 24.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • January 3 » Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
      • January 10 » John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
      • January 26 » Reconstruction Era: Virginia rejoins the Union.
      • February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
      • September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
      • December 12 » Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.

    Day of marriage November 21, 1895

    • The temperature on November 21, 1895 was about 2.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
      • March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
      • April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
      • April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
      • May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
      • June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.

    Day of death November 30, 1922

    • The temperature on November 30, 1922 was between 6.3 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
      • February 27 » A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
      • March 10 » Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
      • April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
      • May 10 » The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
      • June 16 » General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
      • November 14 » The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
    

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