The temperature on February 14, 1882 was about 9.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
May 20 » The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.
June 30 » Charles J. Guiteau is hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield.
September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.
October 16 » The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
December 6 » Transit of Venus, second and last of the 19th century.
December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.
Day of death November 2, 1960
The temperature on November 2, 1960 was between 8.3 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 1 » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
June 19 » The first NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
July 12 » Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
July 20 » Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P20388.php : accessed January 11, 2026), "Ely Griswold (1882-1960)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.