Olson's Tree » Samuel Stevens Sands (1911-1976)
Personal data Samuel Stevens Sands
Source 1- He was born on October 19, 1911 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA.
- He died on July 5, 1976 in Easton, Talbot, Maryland, USA-Buried Reiserstown, Baltimore, Maryland, he was 64 years old.
- A child of Samuel S Sands and Gertrude Sheldon
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Birthday October 19, 1911
- The temperature on October 19, 1911 was between -0.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
- May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
- May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
- July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
- August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
- September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
Day of death July 5, 1976
- The temperature on July 5, 1976 was between 15.4 °C and 31.2 °C and averaged 24.2 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1976: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
- January 4 » The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
- April 2 » Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
- April 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
- April 13 » The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
- July 4 » The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.
- December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.
Same birth/death day
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- 1910 » Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player († 2009)
- 1910 » Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
- 1913 » Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer († 1980)
- 1969 » Leo McCarey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1898)
- 1969 » Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1930)
- 1969 » Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (b. 1883)
- 1969 » Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (b. 1884)
- 1975 » Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1892)
- 1983 » Harry James, American trumpet player and actor (b. 1916)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P16172.php : accessed February 26, 2026), "Samuel Stevens Sands (1911-1976)".
Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P16172.php : accessed February 26, 2026), "Samuel Stevens Sands (1911-1976)".