Dagosto/Dimirra/Weckerle/Kuhn Family Tree » Joseph M Baione (1896-± 1975)

Birthday August 20, 1896

• The temperature on August 20, 1896 was about 16.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
  • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
  • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
  • June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
  • December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
  • December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1888 » Tôn Đức Thắng, Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam († 1980)
• 1890 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist († 1937)
• 1896 » Gostha Pal, Indian footballer († 1976)
• 1897 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet († 1970)
• 1898 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)