Dobyns Family Tree » Ethel Louise Merritt (1899-????)

Birthday August 22, 1899

• The temperature on August 22, 1899 was about 19.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
  • March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
  • May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1896 » Laurence McKinley Gould, American geologist, educator, and polar explorer († 1995)
• 1897 » Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator († 1965)
• 1900 » Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy († 1999)
• 1902 » Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author († 1982)
• 1902 » Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist († 2003)
• 1902 » Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician († 1973)