Van Hoof Tree » Grace May Whitman (1880-1964)
Personal data Grace May Whitman
Source 1- She was born on June 6, 1880 in Beaver Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- She died on December 20, 1964, she was 84 years old.
- A child of Samuel Whitman and Emma Hartling
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- Whitman Web Site, George Whitman, Grace May Bushey (born Whitman), February 7, 2016
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Historical events
Birthday June 6, 1880
- The temperature on June 6, 1880 was about 11.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
- May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
- May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
- June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
- June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
- November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
Day of death December 20, 1964
- The temperature on December 20, 1964 was between -2.8 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
- March 20 » The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
- May 2 » First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
- May 20 » Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.
- June 2 » The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
- October 29 » The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
- November 3 » Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.
Same birth/death day
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- 1875 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
- 1878 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician († 1956)
- 1884 » Jock Hutchison, Scottish-American golfer († 1977)
- 1890 » Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader († 1971)
- 1891 » Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic († 1986)
- 1956 » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
- 1959 » Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)
- 1961 » Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
- 1961 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright (b. 1904)
- 1968 » John Steinbeck, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
- 1971 » Roy O. Disney, American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1893)
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John Van Hoof, "Van Hoof Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/van-hoof-tree/I543532.php : accessed May 9, 2025), "Grace May Whitman (1880-1964)".