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
Household of William Laverne Wilson
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- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=78336360&pid=106
/ Ancestry.com - 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Merrill, Klamath, Oregon; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0059; FHL microfilm: 2341679 / Ancestry.com
- 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Gillette, Campbell, Wyoming; Roll: T625_2025; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 15 / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Birthday July 19, 1915
- The temperature on July 19, 1915 was between 7.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.2 °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 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
- February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
- April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
- May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
- July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
- November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
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.
- February 8 » After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
- August 15 » Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung-hee.
- October 30 » The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Zaire.
- November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
- December 22 » Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
- December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
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