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d. 8 March 1930,
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William Howard TAFT married
Irene Blanch GRAY-- Date: 25 November 1907 Place: Miami County, Ohio, USA
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Name: William H Taft
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Birthplace: Cincinnati, O
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Spouse's Name: Irene Blanch Gray
Spouse's Birth Date: 1878
Spouse's Birthplace: Pittsburg, Pa.
Spouse's Age: 29
Event Date: 25 Nov 1907
Event Place: Miami County, Ohio
Father's Name: Alonzo Frank Taft
Mother's Name: Mary Jane Bragg
Spouse's Father's Name: David Gray
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Clark
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Marital Status: Unknown
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Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86928-8
System Origin: Ohio-VR
GS Film number: 0550153
Reference ID: 2:3S9R5W9
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," Database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:XDX7-Z1V : accessed 28 June 2015), William H Taft and Irene Blanch Gray, 25 Nov 1907; citing Miami County, Ohio, reference 2:3S9R5W9; FHL microfilm 550,153.
William Howard
TAFT
(b. 15 September 1857,
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
d. 8 March 1930,
Washington, DC, USA
)
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William Howard TAFT was born 15 September 1857
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He married Irene Blanch GRAY 25 November 1907 in Miami County, Ohio, USA . Irene Blanch GRAY was born 1878 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA .
William Howard TAFT died 8 March 1930 in Washington, DC, USA.
Occupation: President of the United States
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He married Irene Blanch GRAY 25 November 1907 in Miami County, Ohio, USA . Irene Blanch GRAY was born 1878 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA .
William Howard TAFT died 8 March 1930 in Washington, DC, USA.
Occupation: President of the United States
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William Howard TAFT married
Irene Blanch GRAY-- Date: 25 November 1907 Place: Miami County, Ohio, USAfamilysearch.org
Name: William H Taft
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Cincinnati, O
Age:
Spouse's Name: Irene Blanch Gray
Spouse's Birth Date: 1878
Spouse's Birthplace: Pittsburg, Pa.
Spouse's Age: 29
Event Date: 25 Nov 1907
Event Place: Miami County, Ohio
Father's Name: Alonzo Frank Taft
Mother's Name: Mary Jane Bragg
Spouse's Father's Name: David Gray
Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Clark
Race:
Marital Status: Unknown
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86928-8
System Origin: Ohio-VR
GS Film number: 0550153
Reference ID: 2:3S9R5W9
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," Database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:XDX7-Z1V : accessed 28 June 2015), William H Taft and Irene Blanch Gray, 25 Nov 1907; citing Miami County, Ohio, reference 2:3S9R5W9; FHL microfilm 550,153.
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1859 - October 16 – John Brown raids the Harpers Ferry Armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in an unsuccessful bid to spark a general slave rebellion.Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown and 21 armed followers stole into the town of...Read MORE...
1860 - May 21 - A swarm of tornadoes occurred in the Ohio Valley. Tornadoes struck the cities of Louisville, KY, Cincinnati, OH, Chillicothe, OH, and Marietta, OH, causing a million dollars damage. WeatherForYou.com -
1860 - Civil War - On December 20, 1860, a little over a month after Abraham Lincoln had been elected President, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Six more states followed by the spring of 1861.www.civilwar.org/ education/ history/ civil-war-overview/ triggerevents.html - December 20, 1860
1861 - January 21 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate....Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, formally took leave of the Senate in a few eloquent remarks. He...Read MORE...
1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away Stateswww.wikipedia.org - February 8, 1861
1861 - February 23 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C. after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland.www.wikipedia.org - February 23, 1861
1861 - Start of U.S. Civil War - April 12, 1861 - Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter.The shelling of the fort was the culmination of a simmering conflict in which a small garrison of...Read MORE...
1861 - April 20 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.www.wikipedia.org - April 20, 1861
1861 - ACCIDENT ON THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.The passenger train which left Washington at a quarter to seven o'clock, yesterday morning, for...Read MORE...
1861 - October 26 – The Pony Express announces its closure.ATCHISON - Oct. 19. - Orders have to-day been issued by the President of the Pike's Peak Express...Read MORE...
1861 - November 6 - Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederate States of America On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America. He ...Read MORE...
1862 - Slaves owned in Washington were emancipated on April 16, 1862, nine months before Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of Jan. 1, 1863.www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ washington-dc.html -
January 14, 1863 - The greatest snowstorm of record for Cincinnati OH commenced, and a day later twenty inches of snow covered the ground. That total has remained far above the modern day record for Cincinnati of eleven inches of snow in one storm.WeatherForYou.com -
1863 - January 1 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slavesPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation...Read MORE...
1863 - July 1–3 – American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg – Union forces under George G. Meade turn back a Confederate invasion by Robert E. Lee in the largest battle of the war (28,000 Confederate casualties, 23,000 Union).www.wikipedia.org - July 3, 1863
1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United StatesA NATIONAL THANKSGIVING
By the President of the United States,
A PROCLAMATION.
WASHINGTON,...Read MORE...
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a short speech at the end of the ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. That speech has come to be known ...Read MORE...
1865 - The first ambulance service was established in Cincinnati in 1865.www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ ohio.html -
1865 - April 9 - Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysees S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south, Lee headed west,...Read MORE...
1865 - April 14 - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at...Read MORE...
1867 - January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world.www.wikipedia.org - January 1, 1867
1867 - March 30 – Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The news media call this "Seward's Folly"U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7 million. Despite the bargain price of roughly two cents an acre, the Alaskan purchase was...Read MORE...
1869 - Cincinnati Redstockings become the first fully professional baseball team.www.e-referencedesk.com/ resources/ state-history-timeline/ ohio.html -
1869 - May 10 - The Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory and forged the destiny of a nation. (Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah)THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Last Rail Land and the Last Spike Driven.
San Francisco and New York...Read MORE...
1869 - ExplosionThe late explosion at the Cincinnati gas works was caused by striking a match to light a tobacco...Read MORE...
1869 - Strange AssaultA man in Washington recently went to the house of a woman very sick with consumption, and beat her...Read MORE...
1870 - France declares war on Prussia and Emperor Napoleon III is overthrown 1870 - A cable dispatch on the 28th says the Pope has issued a special elimination against the Fenians, both in America and Ireland.St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - February 5, 1870
1870 - 4th of July, Christmas, New Year's and Thanksgiving Federal HolidaysWASHINGTON, June 24. - SENATE. - The bill making the 4th of July, Christmas, New Year's and...Read MORE...
1870 to 1871 - Franco-Prussian War, ending in French defeat, loss of Alsace-Lorraine and end of the Second Empire 1871 - February 21 – 41st United States Congress passes "An Act To Provide A Government For The District Of Columbia", also known as the Act of 1871, declaring the government of the District of Columbia a municipal corporation not inconsistent with...Read MORE...
1872 - 'Yellowstone Wonderland' is established as first national park.March 1 – Yellowstone National Park (once dubbed "Colter's Hell" after John Colter, of the Lewis &...Read MORE...
1875 - Civil Rights Act of 1875United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era that guaranteed African Americans...Read MORE...
1876 - May 10 - Centennial ExhibitiionMay 10, 1876: The Centennial Exhibition opened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at which Caroline...Read MORE...
1876 - June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn:300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped ...Read MORE...
1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.www.e-referencedesk.com/ resources/ state-history-timeline/ ohio.html
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.THE RED CROSS SOCIETY
At a meeting this evening, largely attended by prominent citizens and those...Read MORE...
1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.UNIFORM TIME
Exactly at noon on Sunday, as has been announced, the new system of uniform time...Read MORE...
1884 - May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.www.wikipedia.org - May 1, 1884
1884 - Joseph Bunker, chief of the Cincinnati fire department, died from injuries received last Saturday by a collision between his wagon and a fire-engine.The Belleville Telescope - Belleville, Kansas - October 9, 1884
1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date.www.wikipedia.org - December 6, 1884
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.The formal reception of Bartholdi's great statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World" took place at...Read MORE...
1886 - January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885).www.wikipedia.org - January 29, 1886
June 2, 1886: Grover Cleveland became the first president to marry in the White HouseThe Old Farmer's Almanac www.almanac.com - June 2, 1886
1887 - February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.www.wikipedia.org - February 2, 1887
1888 - January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C..www.wikipedia.org - January 13, 1888
1888 - July 25 – Frank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, purportedly the only person using touch typing at this time, wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati, Ohio.This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used now.
www.wikipedia.org - July 25, 1888
1888 - October 9 – The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public in Washington, D.C.www.wikipedia.org - October 9, 1888
1888 - It was decided by the commissioners of the District of Columbia on the 25th to honor the memory of General Sheridan by naming a new street intersection Sheridan circle.St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - November 3, 1888
June 2, 1889 - A great flood on the Potomac River in Washington, DC flooded streets and took out a span of Long Bridge (today's 14th Street Bridge). The flood stage reached was not equaled until 1936.National Weather Service (NOAA) - June 2, 1889
1889 - FATAL TRAIN WRECK Most Appalling Accident of its Kind Ever KnownCincinnati, Oct. 15. - Ten persons are reported killed by the breaking loose of a car on the Auburn ...Read MORE...
1890 - October 11 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.www.wikipedia.org - October 11, 1890
1890 - December 29 - Wounded Knee Massacre occurred - 7th Cavalry killed more than 250 Lakota men, women and children; Sitting Bull killed at Little Eagle; Indian wars endedwww.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ sdtimeln.htm - December 29, 1890
1892 - NO MORE BARGE OFFICE. Immigrants Will Hereafter Land at Ellis Island.New York, Jan. 1. - Without any ceremony or formal opening the immigration officials of this city...Read MORE...
1893 - May 1 - World's Columbian ExpositionWorld's Columbian Exposition is held in Chicago, commemorating the 400th anniversary of European exploratory voyages to the western hemisphere. www.e-referencedesk.com/ ...Read MORE...
1893 - TERRIBLE. Eighty Persons Killed by a Falling Building.Ford's Theatre in Washington Collapsed Carrying Over 400 People into the Wreck-The Place Condemned...Read MORE...
1894 - Pullman strikeThe Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States in the summer of 1894. It...Read MORE...
1895 - Blizzard - THE STORM STILL HOVERS OVER THE UNITED STATES. IT IS SEVEREST IN THE EAST. TRAFFIC ALMOST ENTIRELY AT A STANDSTILL -- RAILROAD TRAINS BLOCKADED -- BUSINESS PARALYZED -- PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH AT SEVERAL PLACES......In Washington.
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1896 - Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike 1896 - FIERCE, FIRE RAGES. LIVES ALSO LOST IN THE FLAMES. SEVERAL FIREMEN CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER FALLING WALLS IN WASHINGTON.Washington, May 19 - Fire swept away a whole block of commercial buildings opposite the Smithsonian ...Read MORE...
1897 - September 1 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.in 1897, at 6 am, over 100 people crowded onto the first train to travel through a tunnel under...Read MORE...
1898 - U.S. battleship, Maine, blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, igniting the Spanish-American war.The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996 -
1898 - The Highest Monument in the world is in Washington, D.C.It was erected in honor of George Washington. It is 555 feet high, 55 feet square at the base, and...Read MORE...
1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20)....On April 11, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress for authorization to end the...Read MORE...
1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.On December 10, the Treaty of Paris officially ended the Spanish-American War. The once-proud...Read MORE...
February 12, 1899 - Washington D.C. hit 15 degrees below zero.WeatherForYou.com -
February 14, 1899 - A great blizzard struck the eastern U.S. Washington D.C. received 20.5 inches of snow to bring their total snow depth to nearly three feet.WeatherForYou.com -
1900 - March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.The Gold Standard Act a Law.
Washington, March 15. - The gold standard act passed by congress,...Read MORE...
1900 - June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons.THE KIOWA SALOONS RAIDED.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, of this City, Invaded Six of Them last Thursday....Read MORE...
1901 - January 22 - The Grand Opera House in Cincinnati is destroyed in a fire.www.wikipedia.org - January 22, 1901
1901 - January 22 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.www.wikipedia.org - January 22, 1901
1901 - HAT COST HIS LIFE. Richard P. Walker Jumped Into Bay and Became Exhausted.Washington, Aug. 9. — While endeavoring to recover the hat of a friend, which had blown off into...Read MORE...
1902 - January 28 – The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.www.wikipedia.org - January 28, 1902
1903 - Marconi sends and receives the first wireless transatlantic communicationOne hundred years ago on Saturday, a young Italian inventor named Guglielmo Marconi stood on a...Read MORE...
1903 - June 16 - Ford Motor Company is incorporated in Detroit, MichiganJune 16, 1903
1903 - October - First World SeriesThe 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It...Read MORE...
1903 - December 17 – Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the first documented, successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight.THE MACHINE ACTUALLY FLIES
Successful Trial of Kitty Hawk, N.C., of Wright Brother's...Read MORE...
1904 - April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1).Ice-cream cones were first served in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition world's fair in St....Read MORE...
1904 - Lightning Struck The Great Shaft. Bolt Entered Top Of Washington Monument And Followed Iron Work To Ground.Washington, May 13.-Colonel Symons, in charge of public buildings and grounds, has reported to...Read MORE...
1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama CanalFebruary 23 – For $10 million, the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone...
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1907 - March 12-13 - A storm produced a record 5.22 inches of rain in 24 hours at Cincinnati, OH.The Weather Channel -
1907 Marriage / PartnerWilliam Howard TAFT and Irene Blanch GRAY 25 November 1907, Miami County, Ohio, USA
1907 - CINCINNATI SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS BY FLOOD FIFTEEN THOUSAND PERSONS DRIVEN TO HIGHER LAND.CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 19. - With the crest of the flood water in the Ohio river not yet in sight the ...Read MORE...
1907 - FIRE WRECKS THEATER. ACADEMY OF MUSIC LAID WASTE BY EARLY MORNING BLAZE. POLICE RESCUE OCCUPANTS.FLAMES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN GUT AUDITORIUM AND STAGE, COMPLETELY DESTROYING OUTFIT OF "SECRETS OF...Read MORE...
1907 - VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE RECORDED AT CAPITAL Weather Bureau Officials Expect News That Somewhere in the World Unusually Severe Disturbance Has Occurred.WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. - The most violent earthquakes record ever made on the seismograph at the...Read MORE...
1908 - March 7 - Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council & announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles"historyorb.com - March 7, 1908
1908 - September 27 – Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile.www.wikipedia.org - September 27, 1908
1909 - March 4 - William Howard Taft (1857-1930) becomes 27th President of the United States
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1909 - March 4 - Though fair weather was forecast, President Taft was inaugurated amidst a furious storm. About ten inches of wet snow disrupted travel and communications. The storm drew much criticism against the U.S. Weather Bureau.WeatherForYou.com -
1910 -The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated on February 8, 1910, under the laws of the District of Columbia, by W. D. Boyce. On June 21, 1910, 34 national representatives of boys’ work agencies met to establish the Boy Scouts of Americawww.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ washington-dc.html -
March 27, 1912: First cherry trees, a gift from Japan, planted on Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.The Old Farmer's Almanac
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North AtlanticAt 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and ...Read MORE...
1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated.MANY STATES TO DEDICATE HIGHWAY
New Route Across Continent Will Be Inaugurated With Many...Read MORE...
1913 - December 23 – The Federal Reserve System is created as the central banking system of the United States by Woodrow Wilson's signature of the Federal Reserve Act.www.wikipedia.org - December 23, 1913
1914 - Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation.GIVES APPROVAL TO MOTHERS' DAY
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1914 - August 1 - World War I begins: Germany declares war on Russia and France and invades BelgiumAugust 1, 1914 - Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization.
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1914 - September 1 - The last known passenger pigeon "Martha" dies in the Cincinnati Zoo.www.wikipedia.org - September 1, 1914
1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call,facilitated by a newly invented vacuum tube amplifier, ceremonially inaugurated by Alexander Graham ...Read MORE...
1915 - February 12 – In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.www.wikipedia.org - February 12, 1915
1915 - May 7 – WWI: Sinking of the RMS Lusitania: British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by Imperial German Navy U-boat U-20 off the south-west coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 civilians en route from New York to Liverpool.www.wikipedia.org - May 7, 1915
1915 - July 7 - A severe wind and thunderstorm caused heavy damage and 38 deaths in and near Cincinnati, OH. Many older buildings were demolished. The steamship Dick Fulton was overturned.The Weather Channel - July 7, 1915
1916 - On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14.www.americaslibrary.gov - May 30, 1916
1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.Citizenship for Porto Ricans.
From the New York Herald.
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1917 - 3 KILLED, 30 HOUSES WRECKED IN RESIDENCE SUBERB OF CINCINNATI.Cincinnati, Ohio, March 11. - Three persons are known to have lost their lives, four others are...Read MORE...
1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany.U.S. At War
GERMAN SHIPS ARE SEIZED
HOUSE PASSES WAR BILL BY VOTE 373-50
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1917 - June 5 – WWI: Conscription begins in the United States.AVERAGE MAN HAS A 20 TO 1 CHANCE OF BEING DRAFTED
But He Must Register on Tuesday or Go to...Read MORE...
1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time (DST goes into effect on March 31).Getting Used to the "Daylight Saving" Time.
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1918 - October 31 – The Hungarian government terminates the personal union with Austria, officially dissolving the Austro-Hungarian empire.www.wikipedia.org - October 31, 1918
1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.SENATE ADOPTS AMENDMENT FOR SUFFRAGE, 56-25
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1919 - June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, blaming Germany for World War I and creating a League of NationsWorld War I (1914-1918) was finally over. This first global conflict had claimed from 9 million to...Read MORE...
1919 - October 28 – Prohibition in the United States is authorized:The United States Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. (Wikipedia)
The President's message again makes clear his desire that Congress repeal "war-time"...Read MORE...
1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution. 'Cans' and 'Can'ts' of Amendment
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1922 - "The Knickerbocker Storm"January 27-28, 1922
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1922 - U.S. TREASURY ON FIRE THIS AFTERNOON. FIRE STILL RAGING AT 4 O'CLOCK - FIREMEN THOUGHT THEY WOULD CONTROL IT.Washington, Feb. 8. - Fire which broke out on the roof of the United States Treasury building here...Read MORE...
1922 - May 30 – In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.www.wikipedia.org - May 30, 1922
1924 - June 2 - Congress Granted Citizenship to All Native Americans Born in the U.S. Citizenship Given Indians
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1925 - August 8 – The Ku Klux Klan demonstrates its popularity by holding a parade in Washington DC;as many as 40,000 male and female members of the Klan march down Pennsylvania Avenue. In 1925, an...Read MORE...
1929 - February 11 - Independent State of Vatican City created by Lateran TreatyLateran Concordat of 1929
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1929 - St Valentine's Day MassacreGunmen of Alphonse Capone (1899-1947) murder seven rival Chicago mobsters in the "St. Valentine's...Read MORE...
1929 - October 24–29 – Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).In the 1920s, the stock market was rapidly growing. Many investors hoped to quickly get rich.
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1929 - FIVE PEOPLE DIE IN STORE EXPLOSION. FIFTY OTHERS HURT WHEN BLAST WRECKS CAPITAL "FIVE AND TEN."Washington, Nov. 21. - (UP) - Five persons were dead, more than 30 were in hospitals and more than...Read MORE...
Death 8 March 1930Washington, DC, USA
Name: William Howard Taft
Name Note:
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 08 Mar 1930
Event Place: District of Columbia, United States
Address: 2215 Wyoming Ave., N.W.
Gender: Male
Age:
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Ret. Chief Justice USSC
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1857
Birth Year: 1857
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Burial Date: 11 Mar 1930
Burial Place: Arlington Nat.
Cemetery:
Father's Name: Alfonso Taft
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: West Townsend, Vt.
Mother's Name: Louisa Maria Torrey
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Boston, Mass.
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Titles and Terms:
Spouse's Gender:
Note:
Section Number:
Reference ID: 326465
GS Film Number: 2116108
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 004025109
Image Number: 1728
"District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961," Database with images, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F7TK-ZLH : accessed 28 June 2015), William Howard Taft, 08 Mar 1930; citing District of Columbia, United States, District Records Center, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,116,108.
William is buried at: Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia, USA
703-607-8000
Name Note:
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 08 Mar 1930
Event Place: District of Columbia, United States
Address: 2215 Wyoming Ave., N.W.
Gender: Male
Age:
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Ret. Chief Justice USSC
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1857
Birth Year: 1857
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Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Burial Date: 11 Mar 1930
Burial Place: Arlington Nat.
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Father's Name: Alfonso Taft
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Father's Birthplace: West Townsend, Vt.
Mother's Name: Louisa Maria Torrey
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Mother's Birthplace: Boston, Mass.
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Reference ID: 326465
GS Film Number: 2116108
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Digital Folder Number: 004025109
Image Number: 1728
"District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961," Database with images, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F7TK-ZLH : accessed 28 June 2015), William Howard Taft, 08 Mar 1930; citing District of Columbia, United States, District Records Center, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,116,108.
William is buried at: Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia, USA
703-607-8000
Added: 7/8/2014 11:54:33 AM
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