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Ancestors (and descendant) of Whitney Willard Straight

William Collins Whitney
1841-1904
Flora Payne
1842-1893

Whitney Willard Straight
1912-1979


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    Historical events

    Birthday November 6, 1912

    • The temperature on November 6, 1912 was between -0.5 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
      • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
      • October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
      • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
      • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
      • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

    Day of death April 5, 1979

    • The temperature on April 5, 1979 was between 0.7 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
      • March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
      • April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
      • June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
      • June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
      • November 14 » Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
      • November 28 » Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
    

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    • 1900 » Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting († 1941)
    • 1908 » Tony Canzoneri, American boxer († 1959)
    • 1921 » Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer († 2006)
    • 1924 » Harry Threadgold, English footballer († 1996)
    • 1926 » Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor († 2012)
    • 1926 » Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author († 2012)

    Source: Wikipedia


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