Genealogy Van Versendaal » Sijgje in 't VELD (1884-????)

Birthday June 30, 1884

• The temperature on June 30, 1884 was about 17.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
  • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
  • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
  • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
  • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
  • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Georges Duhamel, French author and critic († 1966)
• 1889 » Archibald Frazer-Nash, English motor car designer, engineer and founder of Frazer Nash († 1965)
• 1890 » Paul Boffa, Maltese physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta († 1962)
• 1891 » Ed Lewis, American wrestler and manager († 1966)
• 1891 » Man Mountain Dean, American wrestler and sergeant († 1953)
• 1891 » Stanley Spencer, English painter († 1959)