Olson's Tree » Russell Otis Blank (1896-1972)
Personal data Russell Otis Blank
Source 1- He was born on January 20, 1896 in Champaign, Illinois.
- He died on June 7, 1972 in Milmine, Piatt, Illinois, he was 76 years old.
- A child of Chris Blank and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Renner
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Birthday January 20, 1896
- The temperature on January 20, 1896 was about -0.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
- September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
Day of death June 7, 1972
- The temperature on June 7, 1972 was between 8.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
- January 24 » Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
- February 10 » Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.
- June 23 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
- September 29 » China–Japan relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
- October 13 » Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.
- November 30 » Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.
Same birth/death day
- 1893 » Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper († 1946)
- 1894 » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie († 1968)
- 1894 » Walter Piston, American composer, theorist, and academic († 1976)
- 1895 » Gábor Szegő, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1985)
- 1896 » George Burns, American actor, comedian, and producer († 1996)
- 1898 » U Razak, Burmese educator and politician († 1947)
- 1966 » Jean Arp, German-French sculptor, painter, and poet (b. 1886)
- 1967 » Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)
- 1967 » Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (b. 1893)
- 1968 » Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
- 1970 » E. M. Forster, English novelist, short story writer, essayist (b. 1879)
- 1978 » Charles Moran, American race car driver (b. 1906)
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Charles Olson, "Olson's Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/olsons-tree/P70.php : accessed December 24, 2025), "Russell Otis Blank (1896-1972)".