Family tree Davidson and Gee » Dorsey Shackelford Watkins (1899-1967)

Birthday June 4, 1899

• The temperature on June 4, 1899 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. 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 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
  • September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
  • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
  • November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1889 » Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist († 1960)
• 1903 » Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor († 1988)
• 1904 » Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1907 » Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician († 1944)
• 1907 » Patience Strong, English poet and journalist († 1990)
• 1907 » Rosalind Russell, American actress († 1976)