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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.
      • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
      • February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
      • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
      • April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
      • August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
      • November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

    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 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
      • May 25 » John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
      • June 3 » A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000m) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.
      • June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
      • June 20 » ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
      • December 21 » Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
    

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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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