Genealogy Van der Werf/roodhuis » Maria Sipkes Tekstra (1889-????)

Birthday September 10, 1889

• The temperature on September 10, 1889 was about 22.0 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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.
  • January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
  • January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
  • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
  • April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
  • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1887 » Giovanni Gronchi, Italian soldier and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic († 1978)
• 1888 » Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter († 1976)
• 1889 » Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler († 1929)
• 1890 » Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales († 1978)
• 1890 » Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-French fashion designer († 1973)
• 1890 » Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright († 1945)