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Personal data John Jacob 'Jakey' Astor VI 

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Household of John Jacob 'Jakey' Astor VI

(1) He is married to Gertrude Gretsch.

They got married in the year 1946 at Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, he was 33 years old.


(2) He is married to Ellen Tuck French.

They got married /1 at Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.


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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Jacob 'Jakey' Astor VI

William Backhouse Astor
1830-1892
Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn
1830-1908

John Jacob 'Jakey' Astor VI
1912-1992

(1) 1946

Gertrude Gretsch
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(2) 

Ellen Tuck French
1915-1974

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    Historical events

    Birthday August 14, 1912

    • The temperature on August 14, 1912 was between 6.9 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
      • January 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
      • January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
      • March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
      • April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
      • April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
      • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.

    Day of death June 26, 1992

    • The temperature on June 26, 1992 was between 11.1 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
      • January 9 » The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
      • January 9 » The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.
      • April 13 » Basements throughout the Chicago Loop are flooded, forcing the Chicago Board of Trade Building and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to close.
      • April 29 » Riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
      • August 22 » FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
      • December 3 » The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
    

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