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Personal data William Kissam Vanderbilt 

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Household of William Kissam Vanderbilt

(1) He is married to Virginia 'Birdie' Graham Fair.

They got married on March 26, 1899 at Manhattan, New York, USA, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Muriel Vanderbilt  1900-1972
  2. Consuelo Vanderbilt  1903-2011


(2) He is married to Rosamond Lancaster.

They got married on September 5, 1927, he was 49 years old.

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    Historical events

    Birthday March 2, 1878

    • The temperature on March 2, 1878 was about 10.4 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
      • March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
      • March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
      • March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
      • June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
      • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

    Day of marriage September 5, 1927

    • The temperature on September 5, 1927 was between 13.8 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
      • April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
      • June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
      • September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
      • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
      • December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
      • December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

    Day of death January 8, 1944

    • The temperature on January 8, 1944 was between -0.3 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.7 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 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
      • June 15 » World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
      • June 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
      • September 4 » World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
      • September 13 » World War II: Start of the Battle of Meligalas between the Greek Resistance forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the collaborationist security battalions.
      • October 27 » World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
    

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