John Svendsen (1877 - 1972)

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Johan Severin Svendsen

Elisabeth Knowles Svendsen, MBE

Elisabeth Knowles Svendsen, MBE

Elisabeth Knowles Svendsen, MBE

Elisabeth Knowles Svendsen, MBE

Elisabeth Knowles Svendsen, MBE

Elisabeth Knowles Svendsen, MBE

Elisabeth Knowles Svendsen, MBE

Elisabeth Knowles Svendsen, MBE

Elisabeth Knowles Svendsen, MBE

Elisabeth Knowles Svendsen, MBE

Elisabeth Knowles Svendsen, MBE

Grace G. (Gabriele) Karlsen

Haakon Svendsen

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In 1877, in the year that John Svendsen was born, on March 2nd, the U.S. presidential election of 1876 was ended with the selection of Rutherford B. Hayes as the winner. Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote in November 1876 but 20 votes in the electoral college were in dispute. An informal agreement was made in which Hayes agreed to remove federal troops from South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana, ending Reconstruction in the South. So, on March 4th, Rutherford B. Hayes became the 19th President of the United States.

In 1917, when he was 40 years old, Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari was convicted and executed as a German spy. Since Mata Hari, born Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod, was a citizen of the Netherlands (which remained neutral in World War 1), she could travel freely in Europe. Her travels (and her romantic entanglements) raised suspicion and she was arrested by the French and found guilty. There is still controversy about her guilt although her name has become synonymous with a seductive female spy.

In 1957, he was 80 years old when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.

In 1966, when he was 89 years old, on September 8th, the first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap," was broadcast on NBC. The plot concerned a creature that sucked salt from human bodies. The original series only aired for 3 seasons due to low ratings.

In 1972, in the year of John Svendsen's passing, on June 17th, 5 men were arrested by police in an attempt to bug the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington D.C.’s Watergate hotel. The burglars were found to be paid by cash from a slush fund used by the Committee for the Re-Election of the President - the official organization of President Nixon's campaign.