Census on June 2, 1900, Elwood, age 3, is living with his parents in Bell Twp., Clearfield Co., PA. He is listed as Elwood Johnston on the census record.Source 1
Census on June 5, 1910, Elwood, age 13, is living with his parents in Bell Twp., Clearfield Co., PA.Source 1
Census on January 10, 1920, Lester R. Sinclair, a cousin, age 25, is living with Elwood and Margaret. Lester is working for the same company as Elwood.Source 1
Census on January 10, 1920, Elwood, age 28, and Margaret, age 25, are living in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne Co., PA.Source 1
April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
Day of death December 16, 1942
The temperature on December 16, 1942 was between 3.4 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 2 » World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
July 28 » World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
August 24 » World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USSEnterprise is heavily damaged.
September 21 » The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
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