Olson's Tree » Luther Roy Adams (1904-1973)
Personal data Luther Roy Adams
Source 1- He/she was born on November 12, 1904 in Shermans Dale, Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.Source 1
- He/she passed away on October 3, 1973 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, at the age of 68 years.Source 1
- He/she was burried in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.Source 1
Household of Luther Roy Adams
Attention: Spouse (James Samuel Wadsworth) is 98 years older.
He/she had a relationship with James Samuel Wadsworth.
Sources
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday November 12, 1904
- The temperature on November 12, 1904 was between 7.5 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
- February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
- April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
- May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
- July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
- August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
- December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
Day of death October 3, 1973
- The temperature on October 3, 1973 was between 10.9 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
- In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
- February 22 » Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
- March 24 » Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles.
- April 1 » Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
- October 20 » The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
- November 1 » Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
- November 17 » Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
Same birth/death day
- 1900 » Stanley Graham, New Zealand mass murderer († 1941)
- 1901 » James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian († 1994)
- 1903 » Jack Oakie, American actor († 1978)
- 1904 » Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman († 1981)
- 1905 » Louise Thaden, American pilot († 1979)
- 1906 » George Dillon, American soldier and poet († 1968)
- 1966 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
- 1967 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
- 1967 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
- 1969 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
- 1979 » Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
- 1980 » Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
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