Edwards-Raiford Family Tree » Louis Henry LaBranche (1889-1968)

Birthday January 22, 1889

• The temperature on January 22, 1889 was about 1.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
  • June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
  • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1886 » John J. Becker, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1961)
• 1887 » Helen Hoyt, American poet and author († 1972)
• 1889 » Amos Strunk, American baseball player and manager († 1979)
• 1889 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist († 1935)
• 1890 » Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States († 1953)
• 1891 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and politician († 1937)