In this photo: John Karl Schwiesow, Heinriette (Etta) Schwiesow-Jensen, Elsa Johanna Schwiesow-Schultz, Hobert August Schwiesow-Swieso, Amanda Anna Schwiesow-Cole, Franziska Wilhelmina Schwiesow-Sanderson, Walter Ludwig Schwiesow-Swieso, Eva Mae Schwiesow-White, and Wilhelmina (Minnie) Elise Schwiesow-Seipp.
Eva Schwiesow-White's Biography
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In this photo: John Karl Schwiesow, Heinriette (Etta) Schwiesow-Jensen, Elsa Johanna Schwiesow-Schultz, Hobert August Schwiesow-Swieso, Amanda Anna Schwiesow-Cole, Franziska Wilhelmina Schwiesow-Sanderson, Walter Ludwig Schwiesow-Swieso, Eva Mae Schwiesow-White, and Wilhelmina (Minnie) Elise Schwiesow-Seipp.
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1893 World Events
In 1893, in the year that Eva Mae Schwiesow-White 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 1911, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
In 1955, in January, President Eisenhower sent direct aid to South Vietnam. In February, U.S. advisors were sent to train troops.
In 1978, on November 18th, Jim Jones's Peoples Temple followers committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana - where they had moved, from San Francisco, as a group. Jones was the leader of the cult and ordered his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch, which they did. Whole families (women and children included) died - more than 900 people in all.
In 1980, on April 24th, a rescue attempt was begun in the Iranian Hostage Crisis. The attempt failed and 8 US servicemen were killed. Eight helicopters had been sent for the mission, but only 5 arrived in operating condition., Since the military had advised that the mission be aborted if there were fewer than 6 helicopters, President Carter stopped it. Upon leaving, a helicopter collided with a transport plane and the men were killed.
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