Grace Dibiasi (1884 - 1972)

Grace's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Dibiasi family tree.

Grace's Family

Add a parent

Add a parent

Grace Dibiasi Add a partner Add a child Add a partner Add a child

Add a sibling

Pictures really do say a thousand words. Add photos of Grace during various points of her life.

Add photo

What do you remember about Grace Dibiasi? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about her. Or just leave a comment to show the world that Grace is remembered.

Post

Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Grace's lifetime

In 1884, in the year that Grace Dibiasi was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

In 1918, at the age of 34 years old, Grace was alive when in July, Russian revolutionaries executed the former Tzar Nicholas II and his immediate family. While it was rumored that two of the children had survived, it was later proven through DNA analysis - when their bodies were found - that the entire family had been killed.

In 1923, at the age of 39 years old, Grace was alive when the A.C. Nielsen Company was founded in Chicago. It provided an audience measurement system that could provide radio station owners with information on their listeners and the popularity of their shows. Later, the Nielsen company became the basis for the fate of television programs.

In 1940, at the age of 56 years old, Grace was alive when in July, Billboard published its first Music Popularity Chart. Top recordings of the year were Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 12 weeks at the top, Bing Crosby's "Only Forever" - 9 weeks at the top, and Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" - 12 weeks at the top.

In 1972, in the year of Grace Dibiasi's passing, on September 5th, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, with the assistance of German neo-nazis, kidnapped and killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich. The attackers crept into the Olympic Village and abducted the athletes while they were sleeping. A German policeman was also killed.