Wetherill via Brouwer » Sylvia Knowles (1932-1969)

Personal data Sylvia Knowles 

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Household of Sylvia Knowles

She is married to Carter Buffington Simonin.

They got married December 31 1949 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, she was 16 years old.Source 2

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Sources

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  2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

Historical events

  • The temperature on November 7, 1932 was between 0.2 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
    • May 28 » In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
    • July 8 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
    • August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
    • September 23 » The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.
    • December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.
  • The temperature on July 12, 1969 was between 10.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
    • January 20 » Richard Nixon is inaugurated the 37th President of the United States of America.
    • January 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
    • May 21 » Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
    • July 24 » Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
    • August 4 » Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.


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