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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Birthday June 17, 1917
- The temperature on June 17, 1917 was between 12.0 °C and 30.9 °C and averaged 23.1 °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.
- February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
- March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
- April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
- June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
- November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
- November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
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.
- March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
- April 20 » Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
- May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
- July 10 » Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations Tribunal.
- August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
- September 13 » Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
Same birth/death day
- 1915 » David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player († 1973)
- 1915 » Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States († 1981)
- 1916 » Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
- 1917 » Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba († 2010)
- 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 January 2, 2026), "Edith Roosevelt Palfrey (1917-2008)".