Saturday Night Genealogy Fun (SNGF) – Grandfather’s Birthdate
Randy Seaver’s SNGF this week is to pick one of my grandfathers, find out the date of birth, day of week, what famous events happened on that day in history, and what famous people were born on that day. Here are my answers. 1. My maternal grandfather, Tom J. Johnston, was born 7 Oct 1912. This was a Monday. 2. Important events on that day (from Wikipedia ) 1542 – Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast. 1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S. 1949 – The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed. 1963 – John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty . 1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction. 3. Famous people born on 7 October: 1728 – Caesar Rodney , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (d. 1784) 1885 – Niels Bohr , Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize...