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Personal data Joseph KRAUS 

  • He was born on March 11, 1889 in Carrol County Iowa.
  • He died on February 19, 1961, he was 71 years old.
  • This information was last updated on April 30, 2003.

Household of Joseph KRAUS

He is married to Elisabeth MEINERS.

They got married on September 2, 1919, he was 30 years old.

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Historical events

Birthday March 11, 1889

  • The temperature on March 11, 1889 was about 1.7 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
    • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
    • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
    • March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
    • August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
    • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

Day of death February 19, 1961

  • The temperature on February 19, 1961 was between 3.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1961: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
    • January 11 » Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
    • February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
    • May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
    • June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
    • July 4 » On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
    • October 31 » In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.


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  • 1887 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician († 1964)
  • 1887 » Raoul Walsh, American actor and director († 1980)
  • 1890 » Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic († 1974)
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