Wiggins-Mergenthaler Family Tree » Lee Owen Thayer (1888-1968)

Day of marriage June 24, 1916

• The temperature on June 24, 1916 was between 12.3 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 13.0 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
  • April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
  • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
  • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

Day of death October 30, 1968

• The temperature on October 30, 1968 was between 8.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
  • March 17 » As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
  • April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
  • June 30 » Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
  • July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
  • September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1908)
• 1965 » Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (b. 1886)