Alan Douglas Wood, born on September 19, 1918 in Launceston, Tasmania, AUS
The Human
Who is Alan Wood?
Alan Wood is a human born in Australia in the late months of 1918.
What is the origin of the last name Wood?
Wood is a surname of English origin, a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a wood or forest, derived from the Old English "wudu." It signifies a person's dwelling place or occupational connection to woodlands.
What's the history of this record on The Population Project?
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The Context
What was the context in 1918?
1918 flu pandemic: The Spanish flu (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas.WWI: German submarine U-19 sinks HMS Calgarian off Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland.Cattaro Mutiny: Austrian sailors in the Gulf of Cattaro (Kotor), led by two Czech Socialists, mutiny.Sālote succeeds as Queen of Tonga; she will remain on the throne until her death in 1965.
They were born in 1918
Kurt Waldheim - Kurt Josef Waldheim was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and president of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While he was running for the latter office in the 1986 election, the revelation of his service in Greece and Yugoslavia, and participation in Nazi atrocities, as an intelligence officer in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II, raised international controversy.
Helmut Schmidt - Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982.