Wiggins-Mergenthaler Family Tree » Minnie Alice Reitz (1893-1977)
Personal data Minnie Alice Reitz
Source 1- She was born on March 8, 1893 in Dixon, Lee Co., Illinois.
- She died on May 8, 1977 in Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California, she was 84 years old.
- A child of Joseph Emmanuel Reitz and Lorada "Ada" E. Heckman
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Historical events
Birthday March 8, 1893
- The temperature on March 8, 1893 was about 6.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
- April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
- August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
- September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
- November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
- December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
Day of death May 8, 1977
- The temperature on May 8, 1977 was between 5.3 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
- May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
- August 10 » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
- August 13 » Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
- September 18 » Voyager I takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
- November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
- December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
Same birth/death day
- 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
- 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)
- 1896 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa († 1975)
- 1899 » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author († 1984)
- 1900 » Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I († 1973)
- 1902 » Louise Beavers, American actress and singer († 1962)
- 1972 » Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist (b. 1921)
- 1972 » Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (b. 1880)
- 1975 » Avery Brundage, American businessman and art collector (b. 1887)
- 1980 » Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (b. 1920)
- 1981 » Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896)
- 1982 » Neil Bogart, American record producer, co-founded Casablanca Records (b. 1943)
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The Wiggins-Mergenthaler Family Tree publication was prepared by Kerri Wiggins.
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Kerri Wiggins, "Wiggins-Mergenthaler Family Tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/wiggins-mergenthaler-family-tree/P1347.php : accessed May 11, 2025), "Minnie Alice Reitz (1893-1977)".