Genealogy Van Raam » Marianne Maas (1899-????)

Birthday June 29, 1899

• The temperature on June 29, 1899 was about 18.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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.
  • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • 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.
  • June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
  • July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
  • July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
  • September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Fulgence Charpentier, Canadian journalist and publisher († 2001)
• 1898 » Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist and educator († 1986)
• 1900 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot († 1944)
• 1901 » Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor († 1967)
• 1903 » Alan Blumlein, English engineer, developed the H2S radar († 1942)
• 1904 » Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician († 1956)