Genealogy Visser, van der Horst, Baas, van Steenis » Cornelis Leendert Tholenaar (1889-????)

Birthday January 11, 1889

• The temperature on January 11, 1889 was about 2.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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.
  • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
  • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
  • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
  • 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

• 1887 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author († 1948)
• 1888 » Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician († 1954)
• 1889 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic († 1938)
• 1890 » Max Carey, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
• 1890 » Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and critic († 1954)
• 1891 » Andrew Sockalexis, American runner († 1919)