Clarke Family Tree » Anna Beth Sully (1888-1967)

Birthday June 20, 1888

• The temperature on June 20, 1888 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
  • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
  • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
  • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
  • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
  • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1884 » Mary R. Calvert, American astronomer and author († 1974)
• 1885 » Andrzej Gawroński, Polish linguist and academic († 1927)
• 1887 » Kurt Schwitters, German painter and illustrator († 1948)
• 1889 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic († 1951)
• 1891 » Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Italian soprano († 1951)
• 1891 » John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland († 1976)