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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Elzie Thornton

Isaac L Thornton
1829-± 1910
Mary Polly Stalvey
± 1829-± 1900

William Elzie Thornton
1883-1977


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

    Historical events

    Birthday September 15, 1883

    • The temperature on September 15, 1883 was about 20.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
      • June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
      • August 17 » The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
      • August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
      • August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
      • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.

    Day of death May 19, 1977

    • The temperature on May 19, 1977 was between 8.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
      • January 18 » SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
      • March 16 » Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
      • April 5 » The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip.
      • September 5 » Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
      • November 22 » British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
      • December 5 » Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
    

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