RanHam Tree » William Laverne Wilson (1915-1974)
Personal data William Laverne Wilson
Source 1Sources 2, 3- He was born on July 19, 1915 in Gillette, Campbell, Wyoming, USA.Sources 2, 3
- Resident:
- in the year 1920: Gillette, Campbell, Wyoming, USA.Source 3
- in the year 1930: Merrill, Klamath, Oregon, USA.Source 2
- He died on April 19, 1974 in Torrance, Los Angeles, California, USA, he was 58 years old.
- A child of Curtis L Wilson and Bessie Laverna Craig
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Historical events
Birthday July 19, 1915
- The temperature on July 19, 1915 was between 7.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
- January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
- January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
- January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
- March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
- September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
- September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
Day of death April 19, 1974
- The temperature on April 19, 1974 was between -0.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1974: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
- January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
- February 22 » Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
- June 27 » U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
- September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
- September 25 » Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
- December 1 » Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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- 1916 » Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager († 2010)
- 1917 » William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 2013)
- 1960 » Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (b. 1894)
- 1961 » Max Hainle, German swimmer (b. 1882)
- 1967 » Konrad Adenauer, German politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
- 1971 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1913)
- 1975 » Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (b. 1899)
- 1987 » Hugh Brannum, American vocalist, arranger, and composer (b. 1910)
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Randy James Hammock, "RanHam Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/ranham-tree/P106.php : accessed February 10, 2026), "William Laverne Wilson (1915-1974)".