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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elmira Highlander

George Almond Wood
1835-1926
Leonora Corinna Wood
1841-1900

Elmira Highlander
1910-1962


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Historical events

Birthday March 2, 1910

  • The temperature on March 2, 1910 was between -2.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
    • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
    • September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
    • October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
    • December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
    • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Day of death February 25, 1962

  • The average temperature on February 25, 1962 was -2.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
    • January 10 » Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
    • April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
    • May 19 » A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
    • July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
    • September 25 » The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
    • December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.


Same birth/death day

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  • 1908 » Walter Bruch, German engineer († 1990)
  • 1909 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1958)
  • 1912 » Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter († 2001)
  • 1913 » Godfried Bomans, Dutch television host and author († 1971)
  • 1913 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player († 1958)
  • 1914 » Martin Ritt, American actor and film director († 1990)

Source: Wikipedia


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