Barron Family Tree » Jesús Mata Escalante (1892-????)

Birthday February 20, 1892

• The temperature on February 20, 1892 was about 1.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
  • March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
  • May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
  • July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
  • September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
  • October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1888 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author († 1948)
• 1889 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and physician († 1948)
• 1893 » Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist and author († 1993)
• 1895 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer († 1924)
• 1897 » Ivan Albright, American painter († 1983)