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Personal data Roderick "Roddy" Tower 

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Household of Roderick "Roddy" Tower

He is married to Flora Payne Whitney.

They got married on April 19, 1920 at Manhattan, New York, USA, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Pamela Tower  1921-2013
  2. Whitney Tower  1923-1999

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roderick "Roddy" Tower

Roderick "Roddy" Tower
1892-1961

1920

Flora Payne Whitney
1897-1986

Pamela Tower
1921-2013
Whitney Tower
1923-1999

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Historical events

Birthday October 21, 1892

  • The temperature on October 21, 1892 was about 5.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
    • June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
    • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
    • September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
    • September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
    • December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.

Day of marriage April 19, 1920

  • The temperature on April 19, 1920 was between 8.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
    • February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
    • February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
    • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
    • March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
    • June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.

Day of death September 25, 1961

  • The temperature on September 25, 1961 was between 12.2 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
    • April 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
    • July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
    • August 15 » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
    • September 16 » Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
    • September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.


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