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Ancestors (and descendant) of Woodrow Merchant

Elijah Monroe Kelley
1847-1925
Mallie Christiana Dickert
1868-1939

Woodrow Merchant
1912-1987


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  1. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday November 30, 1912

  • The temperature on November 30, 1912 was between 1.8 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
    • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
    • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
    • April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
    • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
    • December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.

Day of death July 24, 1987

  • The temperature on July 24, 1987 was between 11.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
    • May 3 » A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
    • June 12 » Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
    • August 19 » Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
    • December 9 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
    • December 20 » In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker 'MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
    • December 22 » In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.


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  • 1911 » Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor († 1953)
  • 1912 » Gordon Parks, American photographer and director († 2006)
  • 1912 » Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator († 1966)
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