Conk/Robillard Family Tree » Euclide Dupuis (1884-1930)

Birthday December 24, 1884

• The temperature on December 24, 1884 was about -0.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
  • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
  • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
  • 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.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1885 » Paul Manship, American sculptor († 1966)
• 1886 » Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American actor, director, and producer († 1962)
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