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Clarence Higgins (1893 - 1949)
Clarence Higgins was born in 1893. He was born to Higgins John Higgins and Sheila George Higgins, and we currently have no other siblings in his family tree. He died in 1949 in Wggi, Australia at age 56.
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Clarence Higgins died in in Wggi, Australia
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Clarence Higgins passed away in 1949 in Wggi, Australia at 56 years of age. He was born in 1893. He was born to Higgins John Higgins and Sheila George Higgins, and we currently have no other siblings in his family tree.
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Victoria Australia Death Records: 1836 - 1985
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1893 - 1949 World Events
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In 1893, in the year that Clarence Higgins was born, a songbook, called Song Stories for the Kindergarten, was published by sisters Patty and Mildred Hill. One of the songs included in the book was "Good Morning to All" - later the lyrics were changed and it became "Happy Birthday to You".
In 1901, by the time he was only 8 years old, shortly after beginning his second term, President McKinley was assassinated by the self proclaimed anarchist Leon Czolgosz. The last President to have served in the Civil War - he began as a private and ended the war as a brevet major - McKinley was a Republican. First elected in 1896, he was re-elected in 1900. Six months after the swearing in, McKinley was shot - and died of the gangrene that set in as a result.
In 1911, Clarence was 18 years old when British physicist Ernest Rutherford (born in New Zealand), along with German physicist Hans Geiger, discovered the structure of an atom. He found that atoms had nuclei (a nucleus) and were circled by electrons, much as planets orbit the sun.
In 1936, at the age of 43 years old, Clarence was alive when on November 3rd, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a second term. He ran against Republican Governor Alf Landon (Kansas), defeating Landon in the popular vote by 60.8% to 36.5%. Vermont and Maine were the only two states in which Landon won. John Nance Garner IV became the Vice-President in this election.
In 1949, in the year of Clarence Higgins's passing, on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.
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