107 - James Drummond - Fernandina Beach, FL
N 30° 41.136 W 081° 27.223
17R E 456543 N 3394847
Centenarian James Drummond was born in 1826 and died in 1933. His grave is located in Bosque Bello Cemetery in Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMQCPB
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2016
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Some Memorable Events during his Birth Year (1826):
* February 13 – The American Temperance Society is founded.
* April 1 – Samuel Morey patents an internal combustion engine.
* Early July – Ludwig van Beethoven puts the finishing touches on the String Quartet in C sharp Minor, Opus 131, the jewel in the crown of his late string quartets.
* July 4 – Former US Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.
* December 25 - The Eggnog Riot breaks out at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York during the early morning hours, but is squelched by Christmas chapel service.
Some Memorable Events during his Death Year (1933):
* January 5 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
* January 30 - Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg.
* January 30 - The Lone Ranger debuts on American radio.
* February 15 – In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead fatally wounds the Mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak.
* March 2 – The original film version of King Kong, starring Fay Wray, premieres at Radio City Music Hall and the RKO Roxy Theatre in New York City.
* March 20 – Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed (it opens March 22).
* March 31 – The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
* April 26 - The Gestapo secret police are established in Nazi Germany by Hermann Göring.
* May 2 - The first alleged modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster occurs.
* May 8 – Mohandas Gandhi begins a 3-week hunger strike because of the mistreatment of the lower castes.
* August 12 – Winston Churchill makes his first public speech warning of the dangers of German rearmament.
* October 17 – Scientist Albert Einstein arrives in the United States where he settles permanently as a refugee from Nazi Germany and takes up a position at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.
* November 8 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed.
* December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition.
* December 15 – The US 21st Amendment officially goes into effect, alcohol becomes legal in the US.
Location of Headstone: Cemetery
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