Olson's Tree » Edith Roosevelt Palfrey (1917-2008)
Personal data Edith Roosevelt Palfrey
Source 1- She was born on June 17, 1917 in New York City, New York, USA.
- She died on June 8, 2008 in Vashon, King, Washington, USA, she was 90 years old.
- A child of Richard Derby and Ethel Carow Roosevelt
Household of Edith Roosevelt Palfrey
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Historical events
Birthday June 17, 1917
- The temperature on June 17, 1917 was between 12.5 °C and 32.1 °C and averaged 24.1 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
- January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
- February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
- March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
- October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
- November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
- November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
Day of death June 8, 2008
- The temperature on June 8, 2008 was between 13.8 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
- In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
- February 17 » Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
- March 19 » GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
- April 8 » The construction of the world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.
- May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
- June 8 » At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
- November 25 » Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
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- 1918 » Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator († 1992)
- 1919 » William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic († 2011)
- 2004 » Charles Hyder, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1930)
- 2006 » Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (b. 1941)
- 2006 » Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (b. 1919)
- 2008 » Šaban Bajramović, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
- 2009 » Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1935)
- 2010 » Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P6797.php : accessed May 1, 2025), "Edith Roosevelt Palfrey (1917-2008)".