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Household of James Whitney Fosburgh

He is married to Mary Benedict "Minnie" Cushing.

They got married on October 23, 1954 at Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA, he was 44 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Whitney Fosburgh

Alfred Rutgers Whitney
1835-1909
Mary Louise Freeman
1855-1905
Leila Whitney
1882-1913

James Whitney Fosburgh
1910-1978

1954

Mary Benedict "Minnie" Cushing
1906-1978


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    Historical events

    Birthday August 1, 1910

    • The temperature on August 1, 1910 was between 12.3 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
      • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
      • March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
      • September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
      • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
      • October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
      • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

    Day of marriage October 23, 1954

    • The temperature on October 23, 1954 was between 7.3 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
      • January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
      • June 12 » Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
      • June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
      • September 26 » The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
      • November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
      • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

    Day of death April 23, 1978

    • The temperature on April 23, 1978 was between 3.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
      • March 9 » President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
      • June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
      • July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
      • August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
      • October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
      • November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
    

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